哀鸿遍野
Traditional form:
哀鴻遍野
Pinyin (reading):
āihóngbiànyě
Definitions:
- lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
- starving people fill the land
Characters:
- 哀 - sad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
- 鸿 - a species of wild swan; vast
- 遍 - everywhere, all over, throughout
- 野 - field, open country; wilderness
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