饿殍 meaning in Chinese

[书面语] (饿死的人) bodies of the starved

When brian power was a boy , there was much that foreigners felt they needed to be protected against : fallout from the end of the qing dynasty , the abdication of the child emperor , pu yi , the proclamation of the republic and all around evidence of drought and famine
在布赖恩?鲍尔的孩童时代，外国人觉得应该在诸多方面得到保护，免受其害：大清王朝寿终正寝带来的动荡，幼儿皇帝溥仪的退位，共和政体的宣告成立以及干旱饥荒的饿殍哀鸿。