yuan4
sheng1
zai4
dao4
  1. lit. cries of complaint fill the roads (idiom); complaints rise all around
  2. discontent is openly voiced

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  • 怨 (怨): to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
  • 声 (聲): sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds
  • 载 (載): to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year
  • 道 (道): road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)

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