live in great extremity(shēng mín tú tàn)

live in great extremity

It describes the extreme hardship of the people.

Basic explanation

People are in extreme hardship.

Separate interpretation of words

Sheng Min: the title of Da Ya. This paper describes the birth of Houji, the ancestor of Zhou Dynasty, and his tribulations and deeds of sowing grains. The story of Houji's mother's pregnancy because of stepping on the footprints of emperor Tiandi and Houji's being sheltered by cattle, sheep and birds when she was abandoned by her mother in the wilderness has a strong mythological color. Charcoal: falling into the mire, falling into the charcoal fire. Metaphor is extremely difficult: life is ruined.

come from

In the romance of Fengshen written by Xu Zhonglin of Ming Dynasty, there are sixty-one chapters: "today's monarch has no way, heaven is worried about the people's grievances, the world is divided into four parts, the people are ruined, the swords and soldiers are not stopped, the world is full of treason, the desire of heaven is no longer Yin Shang."

Examples

This gorgeous biography, that rhyme, is more energetic than the tragic events of Huawu Qiuxu. Lu Xun's qijieting essays: Essays after illness 4

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