民不聊生 [ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥ; min2 bu4 liao2 sheng1] The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記[ㄕˇ ㄐㄧˋ; shi3 ji4]) no way of getting by ◄ ►