饿莩载道

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

CEDICT

载道，充满道路。饿莩载道指饿死的人极多。清．钱泳《履园丛话．卷一．旧闻．席氏多贤》：「蝗旱不登，饿莩载道。」也作「饿殍载道」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 饿莩 èpiǎo variant of 饿殍 èpiǎo
2 载道 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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饿殍载道 èpiǎozàidào starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine