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  • derogdestroy people's lives and property wantonly; people are plunged into an abyss of misery

    • 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

      德国全境野蛮战争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.