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滿目瘡痍

简满目疮痍 · 繁滿目瘡痍

Mandarin · pinyin mǎn mù chuāng yí

a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)

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滿: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied
目: mù · eye; look, see; division, topic; Kangxi radical 109
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痍: yí · wound, bruise, sore
满: mǎn · fill; full, satisfied
疮: chuāng · tumor, boil, sore, wound

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3–4–1–2 · man3 mu4 chuang1 yi2

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mun5 muk6 cong1 ji4

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(idiomatic) devastation everywhere after a catastrophe

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