the people are plunged into an abyss of misery
Tu Tan Sheng Ling, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ú t à NSH à NGL í ng, which means that people live in great pain. It's from the book of history, Zhonghui's Gao.
Idiom explanation
Tu: mire; charcoal: charcoal fire; life: common people.
The origin of Idioms
"Shang Shu Zhong Hui Zhi Gao" said: "there is a summer dusk virtue, the people fall coated with charcoal."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: People's livelihood, life's livelihood and people's livelihood
Antonym: peace of the country and peace of the people, live and work in peace and contentment
Idiom usage
It refers to the social situation.
Examples
Fu PI Zai Ji in the book of Jin states: "Yan Jia, the former Emperor, and Ju Wei, the capital, were the bandits' court. The state of China was depressed, and the lives were ruined."
If we can achieve change in time, we can keep our value, and we will not regret it. History of the Yuan Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : tú tàn shēng líng
the people are plunged into an abyss of misery
the most uncommon years and months of one 's life. zhēng róng suì yuè
die without fulfilling one 's ambitions. jī zhì ér mò
not to have a single penny left on. shēn wú fēn wén
Take the bull and ride the horse. fú niú chéng mǎ
appropriate sth. borrowed for the own use. jiǔ jiǎ bù guī
rich in the collection of books. zuò yōng shū chéng