哀鸿遍野 — Chinese idiom
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
Traditional: 哀鴻遍野
Meaning
- lit. plaintive whine of geese ; fig. land swarming with disaster victims
- starving people fill the land
Character by character
- 哀āisad, mournful, pitiful; to pity; to grieve
- 鸿hónga species of wild swan; vast
- 遍biàneverywhere, all over, throughout
- 野yěfield, open country; wilderness
Idioms sharing a character
- 乞哀告怜 qǐ āi gào lián
- 哀兵必胜 āi bīng bì shèng
- 哀告宾服 āi gào bīn fú
- 哀毁骨立 āi huǐ gǔ lì
- 哀而不伤 āi ér bù shāng
- 喜怒哀乐 xǐ nù āi lè
- 生荣死哀 shēng róng sǐ āi
- 节哀顺变 jié āi shùn biàn
- 来鸿去燕 lái hóng qù yàn
- 轻于鸿毛 qīng yú hóng máo
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