民不聊生

mín bù liáo shēng

Dictionary entry

(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])

What does 民不聊生 mean?

民不聊生 (mín bù liáo shēng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])

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民Mínsurname Min 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-聊liáo(coll.) to chat · (literary) temporarily; for a while 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur

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民不聊生

mín bù liáo shēng

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