哀鸿遍野 (哀鴻遍野)
āi hóng biàn yě
Pinyin

Definition

哀鸿遍野 (哀鴻遍野)
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āi hóng biàn yě
  1. lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. starving people fill the land

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

野
yě
  1. 1 old variant of 野[yě]
遍
biàn
  1. 1 variant: 遍 biàn
悲哀
bēi āi
  1. 1 grieved
  2. 2 sorrowful
野蛮
yě mán
  1. 1 barbarous
  2. 2 uncivilized
一遍
yī biàn
  1. 1 one time (all the way through)
  2. 2 once through

Idioms (14)

乞哀告怜
qǐ āi gào lián
  1. 1 begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
  1. 1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
哀告宾服
āi gào bīn fú
  1. 1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
哀哭切齿
āi kū qiè chǐ
  1. 1 weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
哀而不伤
āi ér bù shāng
  1. 1 deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)