断瓦残垣

Traditional form:

斷瓦殘垣

Pinyin (reading):

duànwǎcányuán

Definitions:

• the tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

Characters:

• 断 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 残 - to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, incomplete
• 垣 - low wall

Traditional characters:

• 斷 - to sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 瓦 - tile; pottery, earthenware
• 殘 - to injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, savage; disabled, incomplete
• 垣 - low wall