粵

人jan4間gaan1地dei6獄juk6

simp人间地狱
jan4 gaan1 dei6 juk6rén jiān dì yù

English

  1. hell on earth (idiom); suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
  2. fig. having an uncomfortable time
  3. A phrase used to describe an extremely painful and unbearable situation

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 形容極度痛苦、不堪忍受的境地

Examples

  • 我也覺得說成「人間地獄」是誇張了點。

    I also think 'living hell' is putting it too strongly.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 我日日喺呢一間公司做嘢簡直係人間地獄!

    I work in this company every day and it's like hell on earth!

Sources: cc-cedict, words.hk

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