惨无天日 — “Utterly dark and miserable”
惨无天日 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Utterly dark and miserable”. Without any hope or justice; a time of extreme suffering and oppression. Literally, “Miserable without daylight”.
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那个贫困的山区，人们生活困苦，仿佛过着惨无天日的日子。
In that impoverished mountain region, people lived in extreme hardship, as if enduring utterly dark and hopeless days.
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- cǎn惨bù不rěn忍dǔ睹too horrible to look at
- cǎn惨bù不rěn忍yán言too tragic to describe
- cǎn惨bù不rěn忍wén闻too tragic to bear listening to
- cǎn惨wú无rén人lǐ理cruel beyond human reason
- cǎn惨wú无rén人dào道extremely brutal and inhuman
- cǎn惨dàn淡jīng经yíng营struggle to maintain an enterprise
- cǎn惨dàn澹jīng经yíng营struggle to build or maintain a business
- cǎn惨rán然bù不lè乐to look sorrowful and dejected
- cǎn惨hé礉shǎo少ēn恩Cruel and lacking compassion
- cǎn惨jué绝rén人huán寰unparalleled human tragedy
- cǎn惨lǜ绿shào少nián年a foppish young man
- cǎn惨lǜ绿nián年huá华the prime of youth
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What does 惨无天日 mean?
惨无天日 (cǎn wú tiān rì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Utterly dark and miserable”.
How do you pronounce 惨无天日?
惨无天日 is pronounced cǎn wú tiān rì in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 惨无天日 literally mean?
Literally, 惨无天日 means “Miserable without daylight”. It is used to mean “Utterly dark and miserable”.
What is the Chinese definition of 惨无天日?
犹言暗无天日。