民无噍类 — “The common people have no means of survival”

民无噍类 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the common people have no means of survival”. They are left without anyone alive or able to subsist.

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民无噍类 Pronunciation and Pinyin

民无噍类 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order

Character	Pinyin	Strokes	Meaning
民	mín	5	the common people
无	wú	4	without, not having
噍	jiào	15	chew or eat
类	lèi	9	category, type, class

Example Sentence with 民无噍类

在连年的战乱和天灾之后，那个地方的景象惨不忍睹，真可谓民无噍类。

After years of continuous warfare and natural disasters, the scene in that place was too horrible to behold, truly leaving the common people with no means of survival.

Origin and Story of 民无噍类

During the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei led the Yue Family Army in a valiant resistance against the Jin invaders. After ten years of war, they were on the verge of reaching Huanglong Prefecture, the Jin capital. However, Emperor Gaozong issued twelve gold plaques in a single day, ordering Yue Fei to withdraw his troops.

As Yue Fei prepared to retreat, the local populace pleaded with them to stay, fearing that if the Song army left, they would have no means of survival, as the Jin soldiers would surely retaliate and exact revenge.