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屍橫遍野

简尸横遍野 · 繁屍橫遍野

Mandarin · pinyin shī héng biàn yě

(idiom) corpses are strewn across the field (typically after a battle)

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遍: biàn · everywhere, all over, throughout
野: yě · open country, field; wilderness
尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44
横: héng · across

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1–2–4–3 · shi1 heng2 bian4 ye3

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si1 waang4 pin3 je5

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(idiomatic) dead corpses blanketing the countryside

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