生靈塗炭

生
生
灵
靈
涂
塗
炭
炭
people are in a terrible situation (idiom)

Characters and words in 生靈塗炭

生
she̅ng = sh + (e)ng1
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
Add a new mnemonic for 生 = 牛 + 一
生 = 牛 + 一 : Mnemonic symbol: a cradle.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) comforts a crying baby bull (牛) in a cradle (生) in front of the engine ((e)ng1) and plays him a tune on a flute (一).
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生
生
灵
靈
(literary) the people / living thing / creature
灵
靈
líng = li + (e)ng2
quick / alert / efficacious / effective / to come true / spirit / departed soul / coffin
Add a new mnemonic for 灵 = 彐 + 火
Add a new mnemonic for 靈 = 霝 + 巫
灵 = 彐 + 火 : engine's entrance is on fire! Li Qingzhao is trapped and has to escape, but there's lots of flames and smoke everywhere. Luckily she has a pig's snout which she can use as gas mask. The pig's snout is very effective, and quickly Li Qingzhao jumps over the flames and escapes through engine's entrance.
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涂
塗
tú = tu + Ø2
to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street
Add a new mnemonic for 涂 = 余 + 氵
Add a new mnemonic for 塗 = 涂 + 土
涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).
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涂
塗
炭
炭
extreme distress / in utter misery
炭
tàn = t + an4
wood charcoal / coal
Add a new mnemonic for 炭 = 山 + 灰
炭 = 山 + 灰 : Tecumseh (t) had a fire running in the anthill's bathroom (an4), but now it has already died down. With a fork (山) he is searching in the ash (灰) for the pieces and bits of charcoal (炭) that have formed during the fire.
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