哀鴻遍野 āi hóng biàn yě

starving people fill the land

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
哀 āi HSK 6
sorrow; grief; to grieve for
鴻 hóng
great; large; eastern bean goose
遍 biàn HSK 4
everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time
野 yě HSK 6
open space; field; plain