饿殍载道 — Chinese idiom
饿殍载道
è piǎo zài dào
Traditional: 餓殍載道
Meaning
- starved corpses fill the roads ; state of famine
Character by character
- 饿èhungry; greedy
- 殍piǎoto starve to death
- 载zàiload; to carry, to convey, to transport
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
Idioms sharing a character
- 挨饿受冻 ái è shòu dòng
- 饿莩载道 è piǎo zài dào
- 饿莩遍野 è piǎo biàn yě
- 千载难逢 qiān zǎi nán féng
- 厚德载物 hòu dé zài wù
- 口碑载道 kǒu bēi zài dào
- 怨声载道 yuàn shēng zài dào
- 悲声载道 bēi shēng zài dào
- 满载而归 mǎn zài ér guī
- 荆棘载途 jīng jí zài tú
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