餓莩

饿莩
èpiǎo
variant of 餓殍 èpiǎo

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) the corpse of someone who has died of starvation
  2. the corpse of someone who has died of starvation

Wiktionary

餓死的人。《孟子．梁惠王上》：「民有飢色，野有餓莩。」也作「餓殍」。

重編國語辭典

餓死的人

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 餓 è
  1. hungry
  2. to starve (sb)
2 莩 piǎo variant of 殍 piǎo

Containing this entry

餓莩載道 èpiǎozàidào starved corpses fill the roads (idiom); state of famine
餓莩遍野 èpiǎobiànyě starving people everywhere (idiom); a state of famine