Definitions

1. 1. The people have no way to make a living (idiom, from Record of the Grand Historian 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4])
2. 2. no way of getting by

Components

• 民 Mín – surname Min
• 不 bù – (negative prefix)
• 聊生 liáo shēng – to earn a living (esp. with negative)