疮痍

瘡痍
chuāngyí
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 wounds; sores
  2. 2 devastation (after war or disaster)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhànhòu de chéngshì yí piàn chuāngyí.
After the war, the city lay in ruins.
HSK 7-9
Hóngshuǐ tuì le yǐhòu, rénmen kāishǐ yīzhì jiāyuán de chuāngyí.
Once the floodwaters went down, people set about healing the wounds of their homeland.

Tips

usage
疮 is a sore and 痍 a wound, both written with the sickness radical. The word is mostly used figuratively, in 满目疮痍 "devastation wherever one looks", said of a land ravaged by war or disaster.

Stroke Order

疮 chuāng
痍 yí