mín zhī mín gāo

民脂民膏 (mín zhī mín gāo) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation); the people's blood, sweat and tears”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. the fat and wealth of the people (idiom); the nation's hard-won wealth (esp. as an object of unscrupulous exploitation)
  2. 2the people's blood, sweat and tears

Characters in 民脂民膏

民mín · (bound form) the people脂zhī · fat民mín · (bound form) the people膏gāo · ointment

Related words

人民the people公民citizen民(bound form) the people民surname Min移民to immigrate居民resident; inhabitant平民ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged)市民city resident; townspeople民主democracy民众the populace; the masses; the common people脂肪fat (in the body, in a plant, or in food)民族nationality; ethnic group

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