民穷财尽 (民窮財盡) mín qióng cái jìn

mín qióng cái jìn set phrase the people are impoverished, their means exhausted; to drive the nation to bankruptcy
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '民窮財盡')

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• 卷一百八十二 列傳第七十 王恕 馬文升 劉大夏 Volume 182 Biographies 70: Wang Shu, Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 卷二百五十一 列傳第一百三十九 李標 劉鴻訓 錢龍錫 成基命 何如寵 徐光啟 文震孟 蔣德璟 方岳貢 Volume 251 Biographies 139: Li Biao, Liu Hongxun, Qian Longxi, Cheng Jiming, He Ruchong, Xu Guangqi, Wen Zhenmeng, Jiang Dejing, Fang Yuegong History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷一百十六 列傳第四 諸王一 Volume 116 Biographies 4: Princes 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 《梁惠王章句下》 Commentary on Liang Hui Wang II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
• 卷二百六十二 列傳第一百五十 傅宗龍 汪喬年 楊文岳 孫傳庭 Volume 262 Biographies 150: Fu Zonglong, Wang Qiaonian, Yang Wenyue, Sun Chuanting History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 第九十一回 Chapter 91 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1

Collocations

• 天下民穷财尽 (天下民窮財盡) 竊見天下民窮財盡 — History of Ming 明史, 卷一百八十二 列傳第七十 王恕 馬文升 劉大夏 Volume 182 Biographies 70: Wang Shu, Ma Wensheng, Liu Daxia — count: 3