Zhànhòu de chéngshì qiānchuāng-bǎikǒng, xūyào dàguīmó chóngjiàn.
The post-war city was riddled with damage and needed large-scale reconstruction.
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千 (thousand) + 疮 (wounds/sores) + 百 (hundred) + 孔 (holes) = thousands of wounds and hundreds of holes. Imagine something so damaged it looks like Swiss cheese with open sores - utterly dilapidated.
