餓莩載道

饿莩载道
èpiǎozàidào
starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine

CEDICT

載道，充滿道路。餓莩載道指餓死的人極多。清．錢泳《履園叢話．卷一．舊聞．席氏多賢》：「蝗旱不登，餓莩載道。」也作「餓殍載道」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 餓莩 èpiǎo variant of 餓殍 èpiǎo
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)

Related entries

餓殍載道 èpiǎozàidào starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine