民生 man⁴ sang¹ {mín shēng}

(noun) People's day-to-day life

民生 man⁴ sang¹ {mín shēng}

1. people's livelihood
2. people's welfare

民生凋敝 man⁴ sang¹ diu¹ bai⁶ {mín shēng diāo bì}

the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment

民生主義〔---义〕 man⁴ sang¹ zyu² ji⁶ {mín shēng zhǔ yì}

principle of people's livelihood, the third of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山 Three principles of the people 三民主義 (at the time, meaning redistribution of wealth, self-sufficiency and internal trade)