残垣败壁

残垣败壁
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lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. noun

    lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)

    • After the earthquake, only ruined walls and collapsed structures remained here.

  2. noun

    fig. scene of devastation

    • After the earthquake, only crumbling walls and broken ruins remained here.

  3. noun

    ruins

    • This city is left with only crumbling walls and ruined ramparts.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

Bones that remain after war evoke cruelty and the remnants of destruction.

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