餓殍載道

饿殍载道
èpiǎozàidào
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 餓殍 èpiǎo starving people
2 載道 zàidào
  1. to fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint)
  2. to communicate a moral
  3. to convey the Way
  4. to express (idea, preference, complaint)

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餓莩載道 èpiǎozàidào starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine