[ mínbùliáoshēng ] the people are destitute.; live on the edge of starvation; make life impossible for the people; people have nothing to depend on for their living.; the people are deprived of their means of survival.; the masses live in dire poverty.; the masses [people] have no means of livelihood.; the masses have nothing to live on.; the people are living in misery.; the people can hardly survive.; the people find it hard to live on
Example Sentences:
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The people find it hard to live on . 民不聊生。
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I meant people suffer because of monarch ' s wrongdoing 我是说国王的过错导致民不聊生
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If our two people are enemies the future of this world we share together is dark indeed 如果我们两个民族是敌人,那么将来的世界是黑暗的,民不聊生。
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In any case , it was not a good time to argue - - it was the great depression , and times were difficult 但是由于当时整个国家处于经济大萧条时期,民不聊生,没有人花更多时间来讨论这个问题。
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After the looting , burning and rapes , most of the chinese , the mainstay of the national economy , fled the country 在掠夺抢劫烧杀强暴后,国家经济源泉华裔弃走他乡,投资者却步,导致民不聊生。
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Driven to desperation by high taxes and uncertain labor prospects , thousands of silk weavers in the yangzi - delta city of suzhou went on strike in 1601 , burnt down houses , and lynched hated local tyrants 捐苛税杂,民不聊生,前途茫茫,一六一年,苏州的丝织工人群情激愤,火烧民宅,并对素招民怒的苛吏施以私刑。