āi hóng biàn yě

Traditional: 哀鴻遍野

哀鸿遍野 (āi hóng biàn yě) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 哀鸿遍野

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