the people cannot stand the pressure of the government

the people cannot stand the pressure of the government

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m í Nb ù K ā nm ì ng, which means that people are too burdened to live. It comes from Zuo Zhuan, the second year of Duke Huan.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: the people are in dire need of living [antonym]: Guotai and Minan

Idiom usage

From today's way, and suddenly changed into tens of thousands of rogues, especially the people can't bear to die, what does it matter to prosper the country. On Lu Xun's tomb culture

The origin of Idioms

In the second year of Duke Huan of Zuozhuan, it is said that "the Song Dynasty was in public service, and the people could not bear to die in ten years and eleven wars."