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满目疮痍

滿目瘡痍

mǎnmùchuāngyí

a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)

devastation everywhere after a catastrophe

映入眼中的都是残破不堪的悲凉景象。《清史稿．卷二七四．王骘传》：「且四川祸变相踵，荒烟百里。臣当年运粮行间，满目疮痍。」也作「疮痍满目」。

重編國語辭典

映入眼中的都是残破不堪的悲凉景象

Entry Composition

fills the eyes (of a beautiful view, scene of desolation etc)

wound
skin ulcer
(fig.) the desolation of trauma
desolation in the aftermath of a disaster

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chuāngyímǎnmù

a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)