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哀鸿遍野

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4-character word Traditional 哀鴻遍野

What 哀鸿遍野 means

1. lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
2. starving people fill the land

The characters in 哀鸿遍野

• 哀āi(bound form) sorrow; grief; pity; (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament…
• 鸿hóngeastern bean goose; great; large
• 遍biàneverywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
• 野yěfield; plain; open space