| 兵连祸结 |
bīng lián huò jié |
ravaged by successive wars / war-torn / war-ridden |
| 兵 |
bīng |
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:个 |
| 连 |
Lián |
surname Lian |
| 连 |
lián |
to link / to join / to connect / continuously / in succession / including / (used with 也, 都 etc) even / company (military) |
| 祸 |
huò |
old variant of 祸 |
| 祸 |
huò |
disaster / misfortune / calamity |
| 结 |
jiē |
(of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds) / Taiwan pr. [jie2] |
| 结 |
jié |
knot / sturdy / bond / to tie / to bind / to check out (of a hotel) |