Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「生靈塗炭」, as shown below.
Discover the idiom 「生靈塗炭」, along with its meaning and how it is applied in context.
Living beings: common people; Tu: mud; Tan: charcoal fire. The people are stuck in mud and fire. Describes a situation in which people are in extreme hardship.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shēng líng tú tàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
saang1/sang1 ling4 tou4 taan3
The world of Chinese idioms is immense, with countless meanings and applications to discover. We hope these resources help you unlock the beauty of learning Chinese.
