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哀鴻遍野
简 哀鸿遍野 · 繁 哀鴻遍野Mandarin · pinyin āi hóng biàn yě
Meanings
- lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
- starving people fill the land
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1–2–4–3 · ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
oi1 hung4 pin3 je5
Cantonese word readings for 哀鴻遍野. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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oi1 hung4 pin3 je5
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phrase
- (idiomatic) a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere
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