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民不聊生

mín bù liáo shēng

4-character word

What 民不聊生 means

1. idiomthe people have no way to make a living (from Records of the Grand Historian {史记|Shǐ jì})

The characters in 民不聊生

• 民mín(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 聊liáo(colloquial) to chat; (literary) temporarily; for a while; (literary) somewhat; slightly
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)