民生凋敝

mín shēng diāo bì

Dictionary entry

the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

What does 民生凋敝 mean?

民生凋敝 (mín shēng diāo bì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

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民Mínsurname Min 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born · to arise; to occur 凋diāowithered 敝bìmy (polite) · poor

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民生凋敝

mín shēng diāo bì

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