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Chinese dictionary
n.wasteland; debris; remainder; remains of city or village destroyed by natural or man-made disaster
地震后,整个城市成了废墟。
The earthquake reduced the city to rubble.
被炸起的废墟以慢镜头飞过空中。
Debris hurtled through the air in slow motion.
火灾使这里变成了一片废墟。
The fire reduced the place to ruins.
古堡废墟
the moldering ruins of an old castle
在旧制度的废墟上建立新制度
build a new system in the ruins of the old one
古城的废墟
ruins of the old town
战争废墟
war debris
古代废墟
ancient ruins
Word usage
- common measure word"废墟" is often matched with measure word "片"or"座"or"个".
一片废墟
one heap of rubble
一座废墟
one ruin
一个废墟
one ruin