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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 民不聊生
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 52,340 | 52,714 | 33,345 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 民 | mín | - surname Min |
| 民 | mín | - (bound form) the people - inhabitants of a country |
| 不 | bù | - no; not so - (bound form) not; un- |
| 聊 | liáo | - (coll.) to chat - (literary) temporarily; for a while - (literary) somewhat; slightly - (literary) to depend upon |
| 生 | shēng | - to be born - to give birth - life - to grow - raw - uncooked - student |
Other Words Containing 民不聊生
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 民不聊生 | - | - | 52,340 | 52,714 | 33,345 |