饿殍载道 in English e4 piao3 zai4 dao4 Meaning

Meanings

  • starved corpses fill the roads (idiomatic expression); state of famine

Simplified Characters

饿 殍 载 道

Traditional Characters

餓 殍 載 道

Pinyin

e4 piao3 zai4 dao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

饿e4to be hungry 殍piao3die of starvation 载zai4to record in writing 道dao4road