民生凋敝 mín shēng diāo bì

DEFINITIONS

  1. the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

CHARACTERS

民 mín
HSK 4
people, subjects, citizens
生 shēng
HSK 1
life, living, lifetime; birth
凋 diāo be withered, fallen; exhausted
敝 bì break, destroy; broken, tattered