苍生涂炭

the common people in a miserable state

surname Cang

dark blue / deep green / ash-gray

(area where) vegetation grows / the common people

to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student

to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street

surname Tu

variant of 途[tu2]

extreme distress / in utter misery

wood charcoal / coal