水深火热 in English shui3 shen1 huo3 re4 Meaning

Meanings

  • deep water and scorching fire
  • abyss of suffering (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

水 深 火 热

Traditional Characters

水 深 火 熱

Pinyin

shui3 shen1 huo3 re4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

水shui3surname Shui 深shen1old variant of 深[shen1] 火huo3surname Huo 热re4to warm up