生灵涂炭

zhàn huǒ fù fā shēng líng tú tàn

战火复发，生灵涂炭。

War broke out again, plunging the people into misery and suffering.

dé guó quán jìng shòu dào le yě mán zhàn zhēng de xǐ jié shì chán xiāo tiáo tián yě huāng wú shēng líng tú tàn shí shì jiǔ kōng

德国全境受到了野蛮战争的洗劫，市廛萧条，田野荒芜，生灵涂炭，十室九空。

Germany had been ravaged by the savage war. The cities were depressed, the fields deserted, the lives deserted, and the houses deserted.