出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第31页(202字)
人民生活困苦到活不下去的境地,例沦陷区内民不聊生,人民渴望重见天日。
People,living in dire poverty in the areas overrun by the enemy,long for the day when they will see the light of day.