live in great extremity

live in great extremity

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w à nm í NT ú t à n, which means that the masses of people are in extreme hardship. It's from the book of history, Zhonghui's Gao.

Idiom usage

At that time, the four fields were in depression and the people were in dire straits.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: life is ruined

The origin of Idioms

"Shang Shu Zhong Hui Zhi Gao" said: "there is a summer dusk virtue, the people fall coated with charcoal."

Idiom explanation

Paint: mud; charcoal: charcoal. People are like mire and fire. It describes the situation in which people are in extreme hardship.