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残垣

cán yuán

2-character word Traditional 殘垣

What 残垣 means

1. literaryruined walls
2. ruins

The characters in 残垣

• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 垣yuánwall

Words starting with 残垣

• 残垣败壁cán yuán bài bìlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 残垣断壁cán yuán duàn bìlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins

Words containing 残垣

• 断壁残垣duàn bì cán yuánlit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
• 断瓦残垣duàn wǎ cán yuánthe tiles are broken, the walls dilapidated

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