- lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
- starving people fill the land
Characters
- 哀 (哀): Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- 鸿 (鴻): eastern bean goose; great; large
- 遍 (徧): variant of 遍[bian4]
- 野 (埜): old variant of 野[ye3]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 哀鸿遍野
- MDBG: 哀鸿遍野
- Examples with 哀鸿遍野 on Tatoeba
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