人间地狱 — Chinese idiom
人间地狱
rén jiān dì yù
Traditional: 人間地獄
Meaning
- hell on earth ; suffering the torments of Buddhist hell while still alive
- fig. having an uncomfortable time
Character by character
- 人rénman, person; people
- 间jiānbetween, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
- 地dìearth, ground, soil; land, region; structural part
- 狱yùprison, jail; case; lawsuit
Idioms sharing a character
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 人丁兴旺 rén dīng xīng wàng
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