huó

idiom

Meaning of 活地狱

活地狱 means living hell; an abyss of suffering. Pronounced huó dì yù.

  • living hell; an abyss of suffering

Definitions & Examples

Zhàn
shí
de
chéng
shì
duì
píng
mín
lái
shuō
piàn
huó
 

The city during wartime was nothing short of a living hell for civilians.

Zài
cái
zhě
de
tǒng
zhì
xià
 
ge
guó
jiā
biàn
chéng
le
de
huó
 

Under the dictator's rule, that country turned into a vast living hell.

duàn
bèi
bìng
tòng
zhé
de
zi
 
duì
lái
shuō
jiǎn
zhí
shì
huó
 

That period of being tormented by illness was simply a living hell for him.