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病民害国

bìng mín hài guódictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

病民害國 病民害国 [bing4 min2 hai4 guo2] /to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 病民害國

  • 病
    bìng

    illness / CL:場|场[cháng] / disease / to fall ill / defect

  • 民
    mín

    (bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country

    Mín

    surname Min

  • 害
    hài

    to do harm to / to cause trouble to / harm / evil / calamity

  • 国
    guó

    country / nation / state / (bound form) national

    Guó

    surname Guo

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.