the people live in destitution

the people live in destitution

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m í NSH ē ngdi ā ob ì, refers to the social poverty, economic decline, people's extreme poverty. It comes from the preface to the biography of Xunli in the book of Han Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

The people are in dire straits

Antonym: a prosperous country and a strong people

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attribute, complement; derogatory

Examples

At that time, it was too late to search for bread. Where was the heart to talk about literature? Lu Xun's just a collection: Literature in the revolutionary era

The origin of Idioms

According to the preface to the biography of Xunli in the book of Han Dynasty, "the civil society is in decline, and the traitors can't help it."