断壁残垣 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• (lit.) broken walls and crumbling remnants
• (fig.) scene of devastation; ruins

Character by character

• 断duànto sever, to cut off, to interrupt
• 壁bìpartition, wall; rampart
• 残cánto injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, s
• 垣yuánlow wall

Idioms sharing a character

• 一刀两断 yī dāo liǎng duàn
• 伤筋断骨 shāng jīn duàn gǔ
• 割袍断义 gē páo duàn yì
• 多谋善断 duō móu shàn duàn
• 应机立断 yìng jī lì duàn
• 投鞭断流 tóu biān duàn liú
• 接连不断 jiē lián bù duàn
• 断港绝潢 duàn gǎng jué huáng
• 断章取义 duàn zhāng qǔ yì
• 断袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ

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