遍野

biànyě

adjective #34,424

Meanings

1 covering the whole countryside
2 spreading across the fields
3 everywhere across the plains

Characters

everywhere / all over

wilderness / open country

Examples

HSK 6

战争过后，尸横遍野。

Zhànzhēng guòhòu, shī héng biànyě.

After the war, corpses were strewn across the land.

HSK 7-9

春天来了，遍野的鲜花盛开。

Chūntiān lái le, biànyě de xiānhuā shèngkāi.

Spring has come, and flowers are blooming all across the fields.

Tips

usage

遍野 ('all over the wilderness') is a bound form, almost always used in compounds: 漫山遍野 (mànshān-biànyě, 'all over hills and fields'), 哀鸿遍野 (āihóng-biànyě, 'sufferers everywhere'), 尸横遍野 (corpses strewn across the land). Rarely stands alone in modern speech.

Stroke Order

遍 biàn

野 yě