國計民生

Chinese

		national policies; national economy; national welfare	people's life; people's livelihood
trad. (國計民生)		國計	民生
simp. (国计民生)		国计	民生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): guójìmínshēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwok³ gai³ man⁴ sang¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: guójìmínshēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: guójìmínsheng
    • Wade–Giles: kuo²-chi⁴-min²-shêng¹
    • Yale: gwó-jì-mín-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gwojihminsheng
    • Palladius: гоцзиминьшэн (gocziminʹšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ min³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwok³ gai³ man⁴ sang¹
    • Yale: gwok gai màhn sāng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwok⁸ gai³ man⁴ sang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: guog³ gei³ men⁴ seng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔːk̚³ kɐi̯³³ mɐn²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

國計民生

1. national economy and the people's livelihood

   • 為了對付帝國主義的壓迫，為了使落後的經濟地位提高一步，中國必須利用一切於國計民生有利而不是有害的城鄉資本主義因素，團結民族資產階級，共同奮鬥。 [MSC, trad.]
     为了对付帝国主义的压迫，为了使落后的经济地位提高一步，中国必须利用一切于国计民生有利而不是有害的城乡资本主义因素，团结民族资产阶级，共同奋斗。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1949, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論人民民主專政》 (On the People's Democratic Dictatorship). English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wèile duìfu dìguó zhǔyì de yāpò, wèile shǐ luòhòu de jīngjì dìwèi tígāo yībù, Zhōngguó bìxū lìyòng yīqiè yú guójìmínshēng yǒulì ér bùshì yǒuhài de chéngxiāng zīběn zhǔyì yīnsù, tuánjié mínzú zīchǎn jiējí, gòngtóng fèndòu. [Pinyin]

     To counter imperialist oppression and to raise her backward economy to a higher level, China must utilize all the factors of urban and rural capitalism that are beneficial and not harmful to the national economy and the people's livelihood; and we must unite with the national bourgeoisie in common struggle.