乱民

亂民

luànmín

noun

Meanings

Cháotíng pài bīng zhènyā luànmín.

The court sent troops to suppress the rebels.

Jīhuāng zhī nián, gèdì luànmín sìqǐ.

In years of famine, rioters rose up in every region.

A formal/historical term, common in classical and historiographical Chinese. Modern equivalents are 暴民 baomin (mob) or 叛乱者 panluanzhe (insurgents).

乱 luàn

民 mín