We’re sharing free Chinese learning content with you. Idioms and proverbs, full of meaning, are explored in this series. Today, we present 「蒼生塗炭」.
The Chinese idiom we are introducing this time is 「蒼生塗炭」. You can find its meaning and application outlined below.
Tu: mud. It describes the suffering of the common people as if they were stuck in a mud pit or fell into a fire pit.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
cāng shēng tú tàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
chong1 saang1/sang1 tou4 taan3
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