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滿目瘡痍

满目疮痍

mǎnmùchuāngyí

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

devastation everywhere after a catastrophe

映入眼中的都是殘破不堪的悲涼景象。《清史稿．卷二七四．王騭傳》：「且四川禍變相踵，荒煙百里。臣當年運糧行間，滿目瘡痍。」也作「瘡痍滿目」。

重編國語辭典

映入眼中的都是殘破不堪的悲涼景象

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)