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斷壁殘垣

简断壁残垣 · 繁斷壁殘垣

Mandarin · pinyin duàn bì cán yuán

(lit.) broken walls and crumbling remnants (idiom)
(fig.) scene of devastation; ruins

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斷: Look up this written character
壁: bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
殘: Look up this written character
垣: yuán · low wall
断: duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt
残: cán · injure, spoil; oppress; broken

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4–4–2–2 · duan4 bi4 can2 yuan2

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(idiomatic) dilapidated and collapsed walls; ruins of a building

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