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残垣断壁

cán yuán duàn bì

4-character word Traditional 殘垣斷壁

What 残垣断壁 means

1. lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
2. fig. scene of devastation
3. ruins

The characters in 残垣断壁

• 残cánto destroy; to spoil; to ruin
• 垣yuánwall
• 断duànto break; to snap; to cut off
• 壁bìwall; rampart

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