Definition

Examples

• 战争把这个城市变成了人间地狱。
  Zhànzhēng bǎ zhège chéngshì biàn chéng le rén jiān dì yù.
  War turned this city into a hell on earth.
• 在那个年代，人们过着人间地狱一样的生活。
  Zài nàge niándài, rénmen guò zhe rén jiān dì yù yíyàng de shēnghuó.
  In those days, people lived a life like hell on earth.
• 灾区的情况简直是人间地狱。
  Zāiqū de qíngkuàng jiǎnzhí shì rén jiān dì yù.
  The situation in the disaster area was simply a hell on earth.