民不聊生

mín bù liáo shēng

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Definitions

  1. 1. The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[shǐ jì])
  2. 2. no way of getting by

Child Words of 民不聊生

不
bù

no; not so

生
shēng

to be born

聊
liáo

to chat

民
mín

(bound form) the people

聊生
liáo shēng

to earn a living (esp. with negative)