piǎo

莩

Character · Noun

starved corpse (same as 殍)

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Meanings

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1.

noun

corpses of those who starved to death; the starving dead (variant of 殍)

archaic

Classical variant of 殍. Primarily appears in the compound 饿莩 (èpiǎo), describing victims of famine. Common in classical texts such as Mencius.

Yě野
yǒu有
è饿
piǎo莩
 。

In the fields lay the bodies of the starved.

è饿
piǎo莩
biàn遍
yě野

starved corpses filling the wilderness (describing severe famine)

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piǎo莩
piǎo殍
xiāng相
wàng望

the starved dead visible everywhere