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民以食为天

/ mín yǐ shí wèi tiān /
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Collocation

1
民以食为天的观念
2
民以食为天嘛
3
俗话说,国以民为本,民以食为天

Definition

民以食为天

Literally means:

food is the first preoccupation of person

Actually means:

食, food.

This phrase means that food is the primary concern of the ordinary people.

食,粮食。

民以食为天,老百姓把吃饭问题看成是最重要的事情。

Example

Used as a minor sentence, or as attributive. (作小句、定语)
1
Mínshíwéitiān
民以食为天
  
,
guǒ
如果
liángshi
粮食
de
zhòngzhí
种植
miàn
面积
yuèláiyuè
越来越
shǎo
  
,
men
我们
zěnme
怎么
bǎozhèng
保证
lǎobǎixìng
老百姓
yǒu
fàn
chī
ne
  
?

People to eat for the day, if the area of food cultivation is less and less, how can we ensure that the people have food to eat?

2
Mínshíwéitiān
民以食为天
  
,
guǒ
如果
shípǐn
食品
ānquán
安全
chūxiàn
出现
wèn
问题
  
,
qúnzhòng
群众
de
jiànkāng
健康
shēngmìng
生命
jiāng
必将
shòudào
受到
wēixié
威胁
  

People eat for the day, if food safety problems, the health and lives of the masses will be threatened.

3
Mínshíwéitiān
民以食为天
de
guānniàn
观念
lái
自古以来
jiù
yǒu
le
  
,
fǎnyìng
反映
le
zhōngguó
中国
qiān
几千
nián
liángshi
粮食
yǒuguān
有关
de
wénmíngshǐ
文明史
  
.

The concept of people eating for the day has been in the past, it reflects China's thousands of years of history of food - related civilization.