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Open the tool →民不堪命 (mín bù kān mìng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the people are suffering unbearable hardships and can no longer endure their difficult circumstances”.
民不堪命 is pronounced mín bù kān mìng in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 民不堪命 means “People cannot bear their lot/life”. It is used to mean “the people are suffering unbearable hardships and can no longer endure their difficult circumstances”.
堪:忍受;命:命令。民众负担沉重,痛苦得活不下去。