水深火热 (水深火熱)
shuǐ shēn huǒ rè
Pinyin
Definition
水深火热 (水深火熱)
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- deep water and scorching fire
- abyss of suffering (idiom)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不到火候不揭锅
- 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
Sample Sentences
是啊,没有他,我们现在还生活在水深火热之中呢。
That's right. If it weren't for him, right now our lives would be a lot worse off.