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餓莩遍野

简饿莩遍野 · 繁餓莩遍野

Mandarin · pinyin è piǎo biàn yě

starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

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莩: fú · membrane lining inside of reed
遍: biàn · everywhere, all over, throughout
野: yě · open country, field; wilderness
饿: è · hungry; greedy for; hunger

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4–3–4–3 · e4 piao3 bian4 ye3

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ngo6 piu5 pin3 je5

Cantonese word readings for 餓莩遍野. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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