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Definition(s) for: 哀鸿遍野

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
哀鸿遍野 aī hóng biàn yě - lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
- starving people fill the land

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 90,576 60,943

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- Ai (c. 2000 BC), sixth of legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, also known as Li 釐|厘[Li2]
- (bound form) sorrow; grief; pity
- (bound form) to grieve for; to pity; to lament; to condole
鸿 hóng- eastern bean goose
- great
- large
biàn- everywhere
- all over
- classifier for actions: one time
biàn- variant of 遍[bian4]
- field
- plain
- open space
- limit
- boundary
- rude
- feral
- old variant of 野[ye3]
- erroneous variant of 野[ye3]

Other Words Containing 哀鸿遍野

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo