[哀鸿遍野 / 哀鴻遍野, āi hóng biàn yěㄞ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄧㄝˇ] lit. plaintive whine of geese (成语 saw); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land#90576
[さお, sao] (n) (1) rod; pole; (2) (esp. 棹) neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; (3) beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); (4) single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); (5) (sl) penis; (ctr) (6) counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan); (P)