饿莩遍野

è piǎo biàn yě

释义

1. starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine

饿莩遍野 的构成词

• 遍 遍 biàn: everywhere
• 野 野 yě: field
• 饿 饿 è: to be hungry
• 莩 莩 fú: membrane lining inside a cylindrical stem
• 莩 莩 piǎo: used for 殍 piǎo, to die of starvation
• 饿莩 饿莩 è piǎo: starving people