病国殃民 bìng guó yāng mín

to ruin the country and harm the people

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
病 bìng HSK 2
to fall ill; illness; disease
国 guó HSK 1
country; nation; state
殃 yāng HSK 6
calamity
民 mín HSK 4
the people; citizen; nationality