病国殃民

病國殃民

bìngguó-yāngmín

idiom

Meanings

HSK 6

他们指责那项政策病国殃民。

Tāmen zhǐzé nà xiàng zhèngcè bìngguó-yāngmín.

They denounced that policy as harmful to both state and people.

HSK 7-9

这种贪污腐败的行为简直是病国殃民。

Zhèzhǒng tānwū fǔbài de xíngwéi jiǎnzhí shì bìngguó-yāngmín.

This kind of graft and corruption is downright ruinous to the nation and its people.

usage

Synonym of the better-known 祸国殃民. Both are used in indignant or formal denunciations of harmful policies, corrupt officials, or invading powers.

病 bìng

国 guó

殃 yāng

民 mín