涂炭 (塗炭) tútàn
tútàn
adjective
extreme distress; in utter misery
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '塗炭')
Contained in
- 生灵涂炭(生靈塗炭) people are in a terrible situation
- 苍生涂炭(蒼生塗炭) the common people in a miserable state
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷一 本紀第一 武帝上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 5
- 卷2 帝紀第2 高祖下 Volume 2 Annals 2: Gaozu 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 3
- 卷八十六 列傳第五十六 張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 3
- 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 3
- 卷三百六十一 列傳第一百二十 張浚 Volume 361 Biographies 120: Zhang Jun History of Song 宋史 — count: 3
- 卷二十五 Scroll 25 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 3
- 卷四百三十五 列傳第一百九十四 儒林五 范沖 朱震 胡安國子:寅 宏 寧 Volume 435 Biographies 194: Confucian Scholars 5 - Fan Chong, Zhu Zhen, Hu Anguo and sons: Yin, Hong, Ning History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 2
- 卷五十七 Scroll 57 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 2
- 卷二百〇五 列傳第九十三 朱紈 張經 胡宗憲 曹邦輔 李遂 唐順之 Volume 205 Biographies 93: Zhu Wan, Zhang Jing, Hu Zongxian, Cao Bangfu, Li Sui, Tang Shunzhi History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
Collocations
- 坠涂炭 (墜塗炭) 民墜涂炭 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 仲虺之誥 Shang Shu - Announcement of Zhong-hui — count: 17
- 生民涂炭 (生民塗炭) 生民塗炭 — Book of Liang 梁書, 卷一 本紀第一 武帝上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 — count: 11
- 罹涂炭 (罹塗炭) 四海罹涂炭之艰 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十二 魏書二十二 桓二陳徐衛盧傳 Volume 22: Book of Wei 22 - Biographies of Huan, the two Chens, Xu, Wei, and Lu — count: 9
- 人涂炭 (人塗炭) 兆人塗炭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷一上 光武帝紀 Volume 1a: Annals of Emperor Guangwu — count: 5
- 涂炭生灵 (塗炭生靈) 塗炭生靈 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷十九上 本紀第十九上: 懿宗 Volume 19 Annals 19: Yizong — count: 5
- 拯涂炭 (拯塗炭) 拯塗炭於將絕 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十五 列傳第五十五 劉毅 諸葛長民 何無忌 檀憑之 魏詠之 Volume 85 Biographies 55: Liu Yi; Zhuge Changmin; He Wuji; Tan Pingzhi; Wei Yongzhi — count: 5
- 百姓涂炭 (百姓塗炭) 百姓塗炭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷六 帝紀第六 中宗元帝 肅宗明帝 Volume 6 Annals 6: Emperor Yuan; Emperor Ming — count: 5
- 在涂炭 (在塗炭) 人在塗炭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷二十七 宣張二王杜郭吳承鄭趙列傳 Volume 27: Biographies of Xuan, Zang, two Wangs, Du, Guo, Wu, Cheng, Zheng, Zhao — count: 5
- 黎元涂炭 (黎元塗炭) 黎元涂炭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷八十上 文苑列傳 Volume 80a: Biographies of Writers 1 — count: 4
- 遭涂炭 (遭塗炭) 元元兆庶仍遭塗炭 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷八十六 列傳第五十六 張軌 Volume 86 Biographies 56: Zhang Gui — count: 4