哀鴻遍野

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Chinese

sorrowful geese; victims of a disaster. to blanket the countryside
trad. (哀鴻遍野) 哀鴻 遍野
simp. (哀鸿遍野) 哀鸿 遍野
Literally: “plaintive whine of geese”.

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哀鴻遍野

  1. a land of wailing and despair; land swarming with disaster victims; disaster victims moaning everywhere