饿殍载道

Traditional: 餓殍載道

è piǎo zài dào

Dictionary entry

starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

What does 饿殍载道 mean?

饿殍载道 (è piǎo zài dào) has the following dictionary meaning.

1starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

Character breakdown

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饿èhungry · to starve (sb)殍piǎo(literary) to die of starvation 载zǎito record in writing · to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc)道dàoroad; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) · (bound form) way; reason; principle

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饿殍载道

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