See also: 涂炭

Chinese edit

to smear; daub charcoal
trad. (塗炭)
simp. (涂炭)
Literally: “to be (mired) in mud and coal”.

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塗炭

  1. (literary) mire and charcoal ashes; (figurative) filthy place
  2. (literary, figurative) harrowing situation; extreme distress; great affliction

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塗炭

  1. (literary) to be in a harrowing situation; to be in great distress
  2. (literary) to ravage or devastate such that one is in great distress

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  • Vietnamese: lầm than (calque)

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塗炭

  1. (Southern Min) coal
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