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Open the tool →民力雕弊 (mín lì diāo bì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “the populace is in great distress and suffering”.
民力雕弊 is pronounced mín lì diāo bì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 民力雕弊 means “People's strength withered and decayed”. It is used to mean “the populace is in great distress and suffering”.
雕弊:困苦,衰败。社会经济衰败,人民生活困苦