斷壁頹垣

简 断壁颓垣 · 繁 斷壁頹垣
Mandarin · pinyin duàn bì tuí yuán

Meanings

  1. lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
  2. fig. scene of devastation
  3. ruins
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斷
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壁
bì · partition wall; walls of a house; 14th lunar mansion, determinative star γ Pegasi (Algenib)
頹
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垣
yuán · low wall
断
duàn · sever, cut off; interrupt
颓
tuí · ruined, decayed; disintegrate
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4–4–2–2 · duan4 bi4 tui2 yuan2

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斷壁頹垣 · duan4 bi4 tui2 yuan2
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Exact source record斷壁頹垣 断壁颓垣 [duan4 bi4 tui2 yuan2] /lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)/fig. scene of devastation/ruins/