饿莩遍野
è piǎo biàn yě · starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine
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How to learn 饿莩遍野
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Words with the same characters
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everywhere; all over; classifier for actions: one time; variant of 遍[bian4]
饿èhungry; to starve (sb)
普遍pǔbiànuniversal; general; widespread; common
遍地biàndìeverywhere; all over
饥饿jī’èhunger; starvation; famine
野yěerroneous variant of 野[ye3]; field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral; old variant of 野[ye3]