哀鴻遍野 [ㄞ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ; ai1 hong2 bian4 ye3] lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims starving people fill the land ◄ ►