生靈塗炭 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 生灵涂炭 shēnglíngtútàn ㄕㄥ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄊㄨˊ ㄊㄢˋ people are in a terrible situation (idiom) Character by character 生(shēng)grow 靈(líng)quick 塗(tú)apply 炭(tàn)wood charcoal A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0