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废墟 (廢墟)
  • [fèixū]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

废墟 [fèixū]
  1. 1. noun A place in a city, a town, or a village which is left only with broken walls after being destroyed; wreckage
    战争过后,这里成了一片废墟
    It became a wasteland after the war.
  2. 2. noun ruin; ruins

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

废墟 [fèixū]
  1. 1. 城镇、乡村等遭受破坏后只剩下残垣断壁的地方
    沦为一片废墟

Examples

10年以前,这里还是一片废墟
Ten years ago this was still a complete ruin.
废墟
废墟
他冒着生命危险,把我从地震废墟里抢救出来,真是恩重如山
方圆数里之内一片废墟
早年这里还是一片废墟
After the earthquake, the city was covered in dust.
地震过后,这座城市成了一片废墟

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Related Measure Words

  [chǔ] |  一处废墟
  [gè] |  一个废墟
  [piàn] |  一片废墟
  [zuò] |  一座废墟
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