the means of the people have been used up

the means of the people have been used up

In Chinese, the pronunciation is m í nqi ó NGC á iku ì, which means that the people are poor and the national wealth is consumed. From the water margin.

The origin of Idioms

The ninety first chapter of Shi Naian's the complete story of the water margin in the Ming Dynasty: "this place is surrounded by mountains, easy to gather, but also worth frequent floods and droughts, the people are poor and the people are confused."

Idiom usage

In this case, the enemy should not be underestimated. History of the Qing Dynasty: biography of Chang Geng