mín bù liáo shēng

民不聊生 (mín bù liáo shēng) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) the people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 民不聊生

民mín · (bound form) the people不bù · no; not so聊liáo · (coll.) to chat生shēng · to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born

Related words

不no; not so先生teacher不过only发生to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out不要don't!; must not对不起I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon不错correct生活to live医生doctor; medical practitioner不能cannot不管not to be concerned生命life (as the characteristic of living beings)

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