民不聊生
民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4]); no way of getting by
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- The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])
- no way of getting by
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Related Words
渤澥桑田(bó xiè sāng tián)— lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian); time brings great changes
→一拥而入(yī yōng ér rù)— to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
→不孚众望(bù fú zhòng wàng)— not living up to expectations (idiom)
→人怕出名猪怕壮(rén pà chū míng zhū pà zhuàng)— lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)
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