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a scene of devastation meets the eye everywhere one looks (idiom)

满目疮痍
mǎn mù chuāng yí
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Synonyms
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not even so much as a blade of grass left · leave not even a blade of grass · complete devastation of land · be devastated寸草不留cùn cǎo bù liúalmost all (nine-tenths) houses were empty after the raid · nine houses out of ten are deserted a scene of desolation after a plague or war when the population is decimated · nine out of ten houses are stripped bare十室九空shí shì jiǔ kōng(idiom) flesh and blood flying in all directions; carnage血肉横飞xuè ròu héng fēirivers of blood (idiom) · bloodbath血流成河xuè liú chéng hélit. foul wind and bloody rain (idiom) · fig. reign of terror · carnage腥风血雨xīng fēng xuè yǔa thousand li of barren land - a scene of utter desolation (after drought, pests, etc.) · thousands of miles of cracked, parched and deserted land赤地千里chì dì qiān lǐ
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