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English

1. deep water and scorching fire
2. abyss of suffering (idiom)
3. to plunge into an abyss of suffering; to live in great misery; literally: deep water and hot fireunreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 形容狀況好差，好似身處深水入面或熱火之中一樣咁慘unreviewed?

Examples

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  抗日時期，生活喺水深火熱之中，有時連飯都冇得食㗎。

  In the period we fought against the Japanese, we suffered so much that sometimes we did not even have food.