水深火熱
See also: 水深火热
Chinese
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|- ! !water; river !deep; profound
!
fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving
!
heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up
|- !trad. (水深火熱) | 水 | 深 | 火 | 熱 |- !simp. (水深火热) | 水 | 深 | 火 | 热 |}
Etymology
Literally: the water is deep and the fire is hot
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄕㄣ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄖㄜˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoeishenhuuoreh
- IPA (key): /ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂən⁵⁵ xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Idiom
水深火熱
- to be in deep distress; to be in deep water
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