人间地狱

人間地獄

rénjiāndìyù

idiom #24,837

Meanings

1 hell on earth
2 a living hell
3 an extremely horrible situation

Characters

between / world / realm

Examples

战争把那座城市变成了人间地狱。

Zhànzhēng bǎ nà zuò chéngshì biàn chéng le rénjiāndìyù.

War turned that city into a living hell.

长期生活在暴力中，对她来说简直是人间地狱。

Chángqī shēnghuó zài bàolì zhōng, duì tā lái shuō jiǎnzhí shì rénjiāndìyù.

Living in violence for so long was simply hell on earth for her.

Tips

usage

人间地狱 contrasts 人间 (the human world) with 地狱 (hell/the underworld), emphasizing that something earthly has become as terrible as the afterlife's punishment realm.

Stroke Order

人 rén

间 jiān

地 dì

狱 yù