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餓殍載道

简 饿殍载道 · 繁 餓殍載道
Mandarin · pinyin è piǎo zài dào

Meanings

  1. starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
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餓
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殍
piǎo · to starve to death
載
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道
dào · path, road, street; method, way
饿
è · hungry; greedy for; hunger
载
zài · load; carry; transport, convey
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4–3–4–4 · e4 piao3 zai4 dao4

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ngo6 piu5 zoi3 dou6

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