饿莩遍野

Traditional: 餓莩遍野

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Dictionary entry

starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

What does 饿莩遍野 mean?

饿莩遍野 (è piǎo biàn yě) has the following dictionary meaning.

1starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

Character breakdown

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饿èhungry · to starve (sb)莩fúmembrane lining inside a cylindrical stem · culm 遍biànvariant of 遍[bian4]野yěold variant of 野[ye3]

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饿莩遍野

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