lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land
trad. 哀鴻遍野
Also written 哀鴻遍野【āi hóng biàn yě】
Characters in this word
4哀
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Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- Pinyin
- Āi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 39419 of 2500
鸿
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eastern bean goose, great, large
- Pinyin
- hóng
- Traditional
- 鴻
- Strokes
- 11
遍
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variant of 遍[bian4]
- Pinyin
- biàn
- Traditional
- 徧
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 8146 of 2500
野
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old variant of 野[ye3]
- Pinyin
- yě
- Traditional
- 埜
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 9211 of 2500