粵

生sang1靈ling4塗tou4炭taan3

simp生灵涂炭
sang1 ling4 tou4 taan3shēng líng tú tàn

English

  1. people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
  2. Disaster for living souls, i.e., event resulting in mass death.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 大量嘅生命受到殘害

Examples

  • 黑死病喺中世紀嘅歐洲搞到生靈塗炭。

    Black Death caused a great amount of death in medieval Europe.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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