断壁残垣

Traditional: 斷壁殘垣

duàn bì cán yuán

Dictionary entry

(lit.) broken walls and crumbling remnants (idiom)

What does 断壁残垣 mean?

断壁残垣 (duàn bì cán yuán) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) broken walls and crumbling remnants (idiom)

2(fig.) scene of devastation; ruins

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断duànto break · to snap 壁bìwall · rampart 残cánto destroy · to spoil 垣yuánwall

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断壁残垣

duàn bì cán yuán

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