粵

哀oi1鴻hung4遍pin3野je5

simp哀鸿遍野
oi1 hung4 pin3 je5āi hóng biàn yě

English

  1. lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims
  2. starving people fill the land
  3. catastrophe that afflicts everyone; literally, "the wilderness filled with mourning cranes".

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 字面指四周圍都係喺度悲鳴嘅鴻雁,本身用嚟比喻災民流離失所,亦都指情況悲慘、嗌晒救命。

Examples

  • 全球冧市無一倖免,全世界投資者都哀鴻遍野。

    The global stock market collapse spared no one, with investors around the world all deeply impacted.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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