断垣残壁 meaning in English
broken walls; desolate scene after an earthquake, bombardment, etc.; debris; devastated houses; tumbledown walls
Examples
- There is nothing stiller in the world than the skeleton of a house in the dawn after a fire .
世界上任何景象也比不上火灾后的黎明所显示的断垣残壁更沉静了。 - The building was burnt out and only the walls remained
房子的内部被烧空了，只留下断垣残壁。 - On january 17 , the recovery work began with a cleanup of debris in damaged houses and roads
17日，救援队开始协助灾区的复原工作，清理散落四处的瓦砾及断垣残壁。 - The bright sun shone down on hundred - year - old fallen walls that line a street full of ocean art
有百年历史的断垣残壁沿著充满海洋艺术风味的街道排列，任由烈阳照耀。 - At the base of what , at 180 feet , had been the larger buddha , workers were still shoveling away at rubble left from the explosions
在原来那尊180 ?高较大巨佛底座，工人仍忙著爆炸留下的断垣残壁。