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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shuǐ shēn huǒ rè
  1. deep water and scorching fire
  2. abyss of suffering (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shēn
  1. 1 old variant of 深[shēn]
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 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
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 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。
shì a ,méiyǒu tā ,wǒmen xiànzài hái shēnghuó zài shuǐshēnhuǒrè zhīzhōng ne 。
That's right. If it weren't for him, right now our lives would be a lot worse off.
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