出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第198页(229字)
形容恶势力统治下的极端黑暗,例隋炀帝荒淫无道,在其暴虐统治下,人民生活暗无天日,纷纷揭竿而起。
Emperor Yang Di of the Sui Dynasty was a out-and-out despot.Misery was wide spread in the land and the people rose up in rebellion.