lit. broken walls and crumbling remnants (idiom); fig. scene of devastation; ruins
trad. 斷壁殘垣
Also written 斷壁殘垣【duàn bì cán yuán】
Characters in this word
4断
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to break, to snap, to cut off, to give up or abstain from sth, to judge, (usu. used in the negative) absolutely, definitely, decidedly
- Pinyin
- duàn
- Traditional
- 斷
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 3778 of 2500
壁
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wall, rampart
- Pinyin
- bì
- Strokes
- 16
- Frequency
- 20933 of 2500
残
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to destroy, to spoil, to ruin, to injure, cruel, oppressive, savage, brutal, incomplete, disabled, to remain, to survive, remnant, surplus
- Pinyin
- cán
- Traditional
- 殘
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 17754 of 2500
垣
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wall
- Pinyin
- yuán
- Strokes
- 9