哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
Pinyin

Definition

哀鸿遍野
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āi hóng biàn yě
  1. lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. starving people fill the land

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

野
yě
  1. 1 old variant of 野[yě]
遍
biàn
  1. 1 variant of 遍[biàn]
悲哀
bēi āi
  1. 1 grieved
  2. 2 sorrowful
野蛮
yě mán
  1. 1 barbarous
  2. 2 uncivilized
一遍
yī biàn
  1. 1 one time (all the way through)
  2. 2 once through
原野
yuán yě
  1. 1 plain
  2. 2 open country
吉野家
Jí yě jiā
  1. 1 Yoshinoya (Japanese fast food chain)
哀
Āi
  1. 1 Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yán dì] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shén nóng] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Lí]
哀伤
āi shāng
  1. 1 grief
  2. 2 distress
  3. 3 bereavement
  4. 4 grieved
  5. 5 heartbroken
  6. 6 dejected
哀叹
āi tàn
  1. 1 to sigh
  2. 2 to lament
  3. 3 to bewail
哀家
āi jiā
  1. 1 I, me (self-referring by a widowed empress etc, used in historical novels and operas)
哀怨
āi yuàn
  1. 1 grief
  2. 2 resentment
  3. 3 aggrieved
  4. 4 plaintive
哀悼
āi dào
  1. 1 to grieve over sb's death
  2. 2 to lament sb's death
  3. 3 mourning
哀愁
āi chóu
  1. 1 sorrow
  2. 2 sadness
  3. 3 distressed
  4. 4 sorrowful
哀求
āi qiú
  1. 1 to entreat
  2. 2 to implore
  3. 3 to plead
喜怒哀乐
xǐ nù āi lè
  1. 1 four types of human emotions, namely: happiness 歡喜|欢喜[huān xǐ], anger 憤怒|愤怒[fèn nù], sorrow 悲哀[bēi āi] and joy 快樂|快乐[kuài lè]
小野
Xiǎo yě
  1. 1 Ono (Japanese surname and place name)
山野
shān yě
  1. 1 mountain and fields
撒野
sā yě
  1. 1 to display shockingly bad behavior
  2. 2 to behave atrociously
普遍
pǔ biàn
  1. 1 universal
  2. 2 general
  3. 3 widespread
  4. 4 common

Idioms (14)

乞哀告怜
qǐ āi gào lián
  1. 1 begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
  1. 1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
哀告宾服
āi gào bīn fú
  1. 1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit
哀哭切齿
āi kū qiè chǐ
  1. 1 weeping and gnashing one's teeth (idiom)
哀而不伤
āi ér bù shāng
  1. 1 deeply felt but not mawkish (idiom)
哀莫大于心死
āi mò dà yú xīn sǐ
  1. 1 nothing sadder than a withered heart (idiom attributed to Confucius by Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
  2. 2 no greater sorrow than a heart that never rejoices
  3. 3 the worst sorrow is not as bad as an uncaring heart
  4. 4 nothing is more wretched than apathy
哀鸿遍野
āi hóng biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. 2 starving people fill the land
坚壁清野
jiān bì qīng yě
  1. 1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
漫山遍野
màn shān biàn yě
  1. 1 lit. covering the mountains and the plains (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. as far as the eye can see
  3. 3 covering everything
  4. 4 omnipresent
烽烟遍地
fēng yān biàn dì
  1. 1 fire beacons on all sides (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
狼子野心
láng zǐ yě xīn
  1. 1 ambition of wild wolves (idiom); rapacious designs
生荣死哀
shēng róng sǐ āi
  1. 1 to be respected in life and lamented in death (idiom)
空室清野
kōng shì qīng yě
  1. 1 empty room, clean field (idiom); clean out everything to leave nothing for the enemy
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
饿莩遍野
è piǎo biàn yě
  1. 1 starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

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