民 变 峰 起

mín biàn fēng qǐdictionary entry

seething discontent (idiom) / widespread popular grievances

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Original source entry:

民變峰起民变峰起 [min2 bian4 feng1 qi3] /seething discontent (idiom); widespread popular grievances/

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Other forms in these source records: 民變峰起

民
mín
(bound form) the people / inhabitants of a country
Mín
surname Min
变
biàn
to change / to become different / to transform / to vary / rebellion
峰
fēng
(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels
起
qǐ
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group

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