What does 水深火热 in Chinese mean?

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The word 水深火热 in Chinese means deep water, dire straits, abyss of suffering (idiom). To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word 水深火热

deep water

noun (difficult or embarrassing situation)

dire straits

noun (difficult position)

当共产政府垮台时,经济也一同崩溃,人民生活在水深火热之中。
Then, when the Communist government was toppled, the economy collapsed with it, leaving the people in dire straits.

abyss of suffering (idiom)

noun

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波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那一度遭受战火蹂躏,令当地成千上万的人生活在水深火热之中。
WHEN war swept across the country of Bosnia and Herzegovina, thousands experienced extreme hardships.
另一份报章《帕弗》则显然趁机对教会加以抨击,它在1950年5月4日刊有以下的评论:“在一些村落里,人民陷于极度贫困和水深火热之中,加上巨量资产全操掌于修道院和教士手中,结果使千禧年主义的思想得以在适当的环境下乘势冒起。
Another newspaper, Paphos, obviously getting in a gibe at the church, stated in its issue of May 4, 1950: “The condition of poverty and misery that holds sway in some villages, as well as the extensive property owned by the monasteries and the church, all these things have created the right climate for the growth of the chiliastic belief.
罗马书8:14-17)他们会担任君王和祭司的职务,把人类家庭从目前水深火热的情况中拯救出来。(
(Romans 8:14-17) As kings and priests, they will have a part in freeing the human family from the pain and suffering it now experiences.
这会为水深火热中的人类带来多大的舒解!
What relief all of this will bring to distressed mankind!
世界各地千万人民处于水深火热之中,由此可见在社会和经济发展方面,特别是在发展中国家内,还有许多工作要做。
The tragic reality afflicting millions of people throughout the world shows how much remains to be done in terms of social and economic development, particularly in the developing countries.
由于经济制裁和封锁,巴勒斯坦被占领土的人道和经济形势越来越糟糕,当地居民生活在水深火热之中。
As a result of economic sanctions and the embargo, the humanitarian and economic situation in the occupied territories is deteriorating, with people living in disastrous conditions.
阿布哈兹政权竭力谋求以种族清洗而造成的强行改变的人口格局的合法化,并使加利地区的格鲁吉亚回返者生活在水深火热之中。
The Abkhaz regime has not been sparing in efforts aimed at legalizing the forcibly changed demographic situation as a consequence of the ethnic cleansing, and creating unbearable living conditions for the Georgian returnees in the Gali district
因此,人民正在水深火热中生活,他们没有工作也没有收入。
Consequently, people are living in conditions of profound hardship, without jobs and without incomes
“几乎每天都有的关于巴勒斯坦人民继续陷于水深火热之中的报道使我深感痛心。
“The reports on the continued hardships and deprivations suffered by the Palestinians almost on a daily basis fill me with profound sorrow
该区域其他地区因极端主义和激进主义而身处水深火热之中,其罪魁祸首是某些国家的不良政策。 虽然世界正面临着极端主义势力的威胁,需要加以联合应对,但决议草案所体现出的那种鼠目寸光而又带有政治动机的仇杀只会适得其反,毫无意义,而且与追求人权毫不相干。
While other parts of the region were burning in the fire of extremism and radicalism, primarily as a result of the ill-conceived policies of certain States, and while the world was facing a threat posed by extremist forces that required a unified response, short-sighted and politically motivated vendettas such as that embodied in the draft resolution were counterproductive and pointless, in addition to being irrelevant to the pursuit of human rights.
来稿提供了一些实例,说明传统和宗教价值观在很多情况下使妇女处于水深火热之中。
The contribution provided examples of traditional and religious values creating a particularly precarious situation for women in several instances.
因此,美国作为安全理事会第 # 号决议所设委员会的成员,使用自己分给自己的否决权,不仅阻止贫穷的美国公民获得伊拉克援助,而且阻挠伊拉克请求从其资金中拨款 # 亿美元,用于满足兄弟巴勒斯坦人民的紧急人道主义需要。 目前,犹太复国主义者每日进行侵略、杀人和实施酷刑,犹太复国主义占领者还实行封锁,这一切使巴勒斯坦人民生活在水深火热之中。
Accordingly, it uses the veto which it appropriated for itself as a member of the Security Council Committee established by resolution # not only to prevent poor United States citizens from obtaining Iraqi assistance, but also to obstruct Iraq's request to allocate # billion euros of Iraq's funds to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of the fraternal Palestinian people which is suffering from daily acts of Zionist aggression, murder, torture and a blockade imposed by the Zionist occupiers
我国代表团谴责以色列采取限制措施,使得已经在水深火热中生活的被占巴勒斯坦领土人民的情况更为糟糕。
My delegation condemns the restrictive measures by Israel that have aggravated the situation of the already overwrought population living in the occupied Palestinian territories
该国人道主义状况极为严重,其人民仍然生活在水深火热之中。
The humanitarian situation in the country is drastic.
正如联合国多个机构以及红十字国际委员会事前警告的那样,暴力、凌辱和贫穷使巴勒斯坦人民处于水深火热之中。
Various United Nations agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) had warned that violence, humiliation and poverty were pushing the Palestinian population into a deep crisis.
那些 水深火热 中 的 战争 难民 上
It was she who drew my attention to the plight of the war refugees.
腐败的统治特权阶层榨取了人民的绝大部分资源,使人民陷入水深火热
Corrupt ruling elites siphon off the bulk of the resources of their people, who are left to fend for themselves as best they can
你 这样 做置 我们 万名 百姓 于 水深火热 我们 国家 会 永远都是 附属国
You've put our nation in danger and made us a tributary state!
分散在世界各地,特别是在约旦、黎巴嫩和阿拉伯叙利亚共和国的数百万巴勒斯坦难民处于水深火热之中。
The condition of millions of Palestine refugees scattered around the world and in particular in Jordan, Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic was deplorable.
世界上许多地区仍然处于贫困潦倒的水深火热之中。
Many regions of the world still suffer the horrors of poverty and destitution
阿拉伯世界处于水深火热之中,而阿拉伯领导人们却仍在指责是以色列和西方造成了他们的所有问题。
With their world in flames, Arab leaders continue to blame Israel and the West for all their problems.
在整个 # 和 # 年,经济情势始终变换莫测,社会依旧处于水深火热之中,而雪上加霜的是,暴力活动时有发生,以色列当局不断修建隔离墙,限制行动自由,没收土地,拆毁房屋,进行逮捕和拘留,而且 # 月以来财政危机更加严重。
A climate of economic uncertainty and social hardship continued throughout # and # worsened by recurring violence, ongoing construction of the separation barrier, restrictions on movement, land confiscation, house demolitions, arrests and detentions by the Israeli authorities and intensification, from August onwards, of the fiscal crisis
阿布哈兹政权竭力谋求以种族清洗而造成的强行改变的人口格局的合法化,并使加利地区的格鲁吉亚回返者生活在水深火热之中。
The Abkhaz regime has not been sparing in efforts aimed at legalizing the forcibly changed demographic situation as a consequence of the ethnic cleansing, and creating unbearable living conditions for the Georgian returnees in the Gali district.
由于经济制裁和封锁,巴勒斯坦被占领土的人道和经济形势越来越糟糕,当地居民生活在水深火热之中。
As a result of economic sanctions and the embargo, the humanitarian and economic situation in the occupied territories is deteriorating, with people living in disastrous conditions
至于危地马拉代表所表现出的关注,他希望转达他对最近遭受飓风袭击国家感到悲痛,这将使已经生活在水深火热中的人群雪上加霜。
With regard to the concerns expressed by the representative of Guatemala, he wished to convey his sorrow at the devastation wreaked in the country by the recent hurricane, adding to the suffering of people already sorely afflicted.

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