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Home / Idiom / 哀鸿遍野

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

哀鸿遍野
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) to cry from hunger and cold; to suffer extreme poverty啼饥号寒tí jī háo hán(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian)民不聊生mín bù liáo shēnga scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)满目疮痍mǎn mù chuāng yí
Antonyms
to live in peace and work happily (idiom)安居乐业ān jū lè yèthe country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity国泰民安guó tài mín ānhaving ample food and clothing (idiom); well fed and clothed丰衣足食fēng yī zú shí
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