民以食为天
mínyǐshíwéitiānTraditional 民以食為天
food is the first necessity of the people
Every meaning
mínyǐshíwéitiān
- food is the first necessity of the people
Its characters
- 民mínthe people
- 以yǐwith; by means of
- 食shíto eat
- 为wéito act as; to serve as
- 天tiānsky
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Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.