- 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
Characters
- 民 (民): surname Min
- 不 (不): no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 聊 (聊): (coll.) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly; (literary) to depend upon
- 生 (生): to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student
Resources
- Wiktionary: 民不聊生
- MDBG: 民不聊生
- Examples with 民不聊生 on Tatoeba
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