mín shēng
people's livelihood
people's welfare
guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí
gross national product (GNP)
mín shēng zhǔ yì
principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)
mín shēng diāo bì
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment