| 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 |
| 哀 |
Āi |
Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝 descended from Shennong 神农 Farmer God, also known as Li 厘 |
| 哀 |
āi |
(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity / (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole |
| 鸿 |
hóng |
eastern bean goose / great / large |
| 遍 |
biàn |
variant of 遍 |
| 遍 |
biàn |
everywhere / all over / classifier for actions: one time |
| 野 |
yě |
old variant of 野 |
| 野 |
yě |
field / plain / open space / limit / boundary / rude / feral |