饿莩遍野 in English e4 piao3 bian4 ye3 Meaning

Meanings

• starving people everywhere (idiomatic expression); a state of famine

Pinyin

e4 piao3 bian4 ye3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

饿e4to be hungry 莩fu2membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem 遍bian4variant of 遍[bian4] 野ye3old variant of 野[ye3]