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橫屍遍野

简横尸遍野 · 繁橫屍遍野

Mandarin · pinyin héng shī biàn yě

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
横: héng · across
尸: shī · corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; Kangxi radical 44

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2–1–4–3 · heng2 shi1 bian4 ye3

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waang4 si1 pin3 je5

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