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Open the tool →人不聊生 (rén bù liáo shēng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the common people are unable to make a living and find it impossible to survive”.
人不聊生 is pronounced rén bù liáo shēng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 人不聊生 means “people have no means to live”. It is used to mean “the common people are unable to make a living and find it impossible to survive”.
聊:依赖,凭借。指老百姓无法生活下去。