Correct

民不聊生

/ mín bù liáoshēng /

Strokes

Definition

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

Example

Definition

life for the people is intolerable; the people have no means of livelihood; the masses live in dire poverty

1

Héngzhēngbàoliǎn

横征暴敛

,

mínbùliáoshēng

民不聊生

。

Exorbitant taxes and levies made life impossible for the common people.