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餓殍載道
è​piǎo​zài​dào

starved corpses fill the roads

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

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饿殍载道/ 餓殍載道 è​piǎo​zài​dào starved corpses fill the roads

(idiom) bodies of people who have died of starvation are found everywhere along the road; describes a state of severe famine

References

variant 饿莩载道/餓莩載道 → 饿殍载道/餓殍載道
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