- 哀鸿遍野
- āihóngbiànyěfamished refugees swarming over the land; disaster victims moaning everywhere* * *ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims, starving people fill the land* * *哀鸿遍野āi hóng biàn yěStarving people fill the land.; a land of wailing and despair; a land swarming with famished refugees; disaster victims (moaning) everywhere; Famine refugees swarm the countryside.; The air was rent for miles round with cries of weeping and lamentation.; The wilderness is filled with suffers.* * *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
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.