仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
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1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
便民利民
biàn mín lì mín
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1 for the convenience and benefit of the people (idiom)
全民皆兵
quán mín jiē bīng
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1 to bring the entire nation to arms (idiom)
削职为民
xuē zhí wéi mín
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1 demotion to commoner (idiom)
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
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1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
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2 history is written by the victors
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
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1 poor people (idiom)
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2 those who live from hand to mouth
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
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1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
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1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
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1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
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2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
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3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
官逼民反
guān bī mín fǎn
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1 a government official drives the people to revolt (idiom); a minister provokes a rebellion by exploiting the people
吊民伐罪
diào mín fá zuì
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1 to console the people by punishing the tyrants (idiom)
成则为王,败则为寇
chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu
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1 lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
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2 fig. losers are always in the wrong
擒贼擒王
qín zéi qín wáng
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1 to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom)
残民害物
cán mín hài wù
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1 to harm people and damage property (idiom)
民不聊生
mín bù liáo shēng
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1 The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shǐ jì])
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2 no way of getting by
民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
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1 Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.
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2 Food first, ethical niceties second
民怨沸腾
mín yuàn fèi téng
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1 seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
民怨鼎沸
mín yuàn dǐng fèi
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1 seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
民生凋敝
mín shēng diāo bì
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1 the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
民穷财尽
mín qióng cái jìn
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1 the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy