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民不聊生
 
En
mín bù liáo shēng
  • The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史记)
  • no way of getting by

民不聊生 mín bù liáo shēng

民不聊生
1 人民无法生活下去。形容百姓生活非常困苦。《史记.卷八九.张耳陈余传》:「头会箕敛,以供军费,财匮力尽,民不聊生。」《文明小史.第九回》:「不料是日正值本府设局开捐,弄得民不聊生,怨声载道。」也作「人不聊生」。

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