| 釋義 |
生靈涂炭生民涂炭shēng líng tú tànliving souls are in mire and fire—the people are in great distress (/misery/affliction); the people suffer unspeakably; the people are plunged into an abyss of misery
? 當然誰也贊成和平解放，免得～。(李六如《六十年的變遷》 Ⅰ—280) Of course everyone favours a peaceful settlement to avoid the destruction of the people’s lives and property.
? 袁宮保派兄弟來的使命，是想勸都督化干戈為玉帛，免得～。(李六如《六十年的變遷》Ⅰ—280)It is with the hope of persuading Your Excellency to discard war for peace thereby delivering millions of common people from death and ruin that I was sent here by Marshal Yuan.
? 可惜當時各方既未能完全放棄小我的利害，全國人民亦未能用最大的努力去促進這個和平運動的成功，遂致戰(zhàn)禍復(fù)發(fā)，～(《毛澤東選集》 1307) Unfortunately,at the time none of the various parties concerned would entirely forgo its selfish interests,the people throughout the country did not exert themselves to the utmost to promote the success of the peace movement,and so the disaster of war again occurred,plunging the people in to misery and suffering.
? 以致社稷丘墟，蒼生涂炭。(《三國演義》805) …therefore the Throne became a vast heap and the people were trodden in the mire.
? 我想天寶皇帝，只為寵愛了貴妃娘娘，朝歡暮樂，弄壞朝綱，致使干戈四起，生民涂炭。(洪昇《長生殿》) Just because he doted on Lady Yang,our former emperor spent all his time in pleasure and neglected affairs of state,with the result that there was a rebellion and the people suffered unspeakably.
? 有夏昏德，民墜涂炭。(《尚書·仲虺之誥》) The sovereign of Xia had his virtue all obscured,and the people were as if they had fallen amid mire and charcoal. 生靈涂炭horrendous suffering of the people;be plunged into an abyss of misery 生靈涂炭shēnɡ línɡ tú tàn生靈：指老百姓，人民；涂：泥沼；炭：炭火。比喻生活非常困苦。the people are plunged into an abyss of misery, all life destroyed |