断壁残垣

斷壁殘垣
duànbìcányuán
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 broken walls and ruined fences
  2. 2 ruins
  3. 3 a scene of devastation

Examples

Dìzhèn guòhòu, cūnzi zhǐ shèng xià yī piàn duàn bì cán yuán.
After the earthquake, all that was left of the village was a field of ruins.
Zhànhuǒ cuīhuǐ le gǔchéng, liú xià duàn bì cán yuán.
War destroyed the old city, leaving only broken walls and crumbling fences.

Tips

usage
A set pair of images for ruins: = wall (of a building), = enclosure wall. Common in news reports on disasters, war zones, and abandoned heritage sites.

Stroke Order

duàn
cán
yuán