哀鴻遍野

āihóngbiànyě

famished refugees swarming over the land; disaster victims moaning everywhere

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ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3

lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims, starving people fill the land

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哀鴻遍野|哀鸿遍野 [āi hóng biàn yě] ► lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims ► starving people fill the land