piàn
cún

idiom

Meaning of 片瓦无存

片瓦无存 means not a single tile remains; (of buildings) completely destroyed or razed. Pronounced piàn wǎ wú cún.

  • not a single tile remains; (of buildings) completely destroyed or razed

Definitions & Examples

huǒ
guò
hòu
 
zhè
zuò
bǎi
nián
piàn
cún
 

After the fire, not a single tile remained of this century-old ancient temple.

Zhàn
zhēng
shǐ使
de
zhè
zuò
chéng
shì
piàn
cún
 

The war reduced this city to rubble, leaving almost nothing standing.

Piàn
cún
de
fèi
shàng
 
rén
men
kāi
shǐ
chóng
jiàn
jiā
yuán
 

On the ruins where not a tile remained, people began to rebuild their homes.