满目疮痍

mǎn mù chuāng yí

devastation wherever one looks

Character by character

满mǎn
full

目mù
eyes

疮chuāng
sores

痍yí
wounds

洪水退去以后，整个小镇满目疮痍，到处是倒塌的房屋和被冲坏的汽车。

When the flood went down, the whole town was a scene of devastation, with collapsed houses and wrecked cars everywhere.

Tone: neutral.

疮痍 means sores and wounds, a classical image for a land torn apart by war or disaster. Said of places, not of a person’s body. 痍 is read yí.

Learn this in Lesson 120 · HSK 7–9: 定日地震 (Disaster report: the Tingri earthquake)

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