Traduction :
the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy
Référence :
人民穷困,国家财富也消耗完了。
Origine :
明·施耐庵《水浒全传》第九十一回:“本处万山环列,易于哨聚,又值水旱频仍,民穷财尽,人心思乱。”
Exemple :
自古以来,有~而人主独拥多藏于上者乎?(清·顾炎武《日知录》卷十二)
Annotation :
民穷财尽1
1. mínqióngcáijìn :
[EN] the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom); to drive the nation to bankruptcy