民穷财尽
书籍:汉英成语词典
更新时间:2018-12-03 22:39:37
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280页(286字)
形容人民生活穷困,国家财力耗尽,例那个国家对内搜刮民财,对外侵略邻国,现在已到了民穷财尽的地步了。
That country has reached a state of exhaustion and collapse because of its policy of expropriating its people's wealth and conducting aggressive invasions against neighbouring countries.