塗炭生靈

Chinese

		to be in mud and coal; mire and charcoal ashes; filthy place	the people; the citizenry; living thing the people; the citizenry; living thing; creature
trad. (塗炭生靈)		塗炭	生靈
simp. (涂炭生灵)		涂炭	生灵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tútànshēnglíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tou⁴ taan³ sang¹ ling⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tútànshēnglíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tútànshenglíng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻu²-tʻan⁴-shêng¹-ling²
    • Yale: tú-tàn-shēng-líng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: twutannshengling
    • Palladius: тутаньшэнлин (tutanʹšɛnlin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu³⁵ tʰän⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ liŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tou⁴ taan³ sang¹ ling⁴
    • Yale: tòuh taan sāng lìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tou⁴ taan³ sang¹ ling⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tou⁴ tan³ seng¹ ling⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰou̯²¹ tʰaːn³³ sɐŋ⁵⁵ lɪŋ²¹/

Idiom

塗炭生靈

1. Synonym of 生靈塗炭／生灵涂炭 (shēnglíngtútàn)
   • 1991, Fight Back to School:

     我支槍本性善良㗎嘛，最怕就係落喺啲壞學生嘅手上，嗰陣時就會濫殺無辜，塗炭生靈嘞。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我支枪本性善良㗎嘛，最怕就系落喺啲坏学生嘅手上，嗰阵时就会滥杀无辜，涂炭生灵嘞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ zi¹ coeng¹ bun² sing³ sin⁶ loeng⁴ ga¹ maa³, zeoi³ paa³ zau⁶ hai⁶ lok⁶ hai² di¹ waai⁶ hok⁶ saang¹ ge³ sau² soeng⁶, go² zan⁶ si⁴ zau⁶ wui⁵ laam⁵ saat³ mou⁴ gu¹, tou⁴ taan³ sang¹ leng⁴ laak³. [Jyutping]

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