"小國寡民" meaning in Chinese

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        "2": "In a little state with a small population, I would so order it, that, though there were individuals with the abilities of ten or a hundred men, there should be no employment of them; I would make the people, while looking on death as a grievous thing, yet not remove elsewhere (to avoid it).",
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      "zh-pron": "syǎu-gwó-gwǎ-mín"
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