"聊生" meaning in Chinese

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "聊生",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese negative polarity items",
          "parents": [
            "Negative polarity items",
            "Terms by semantic function"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "人不聊生"
        },
        {
          "roman": "mínbùliáoshēng",
          "word": "民不聊生"
        },
        {
          "word": "苦不聊生"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to (be able to) keep a living"
      ],
      "id": "en-聊生-zh-verb-wmxEyUvV",
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, chiefly in the negative) to (be able to) keep a living"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in the negative",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáoshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáoshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáosheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao²-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyáu-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liausheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляошэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljaošɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lìuh sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁴ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "聊生"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "人不聊生"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mínbùliáoshēng",
      "word": "民不聊生"
    },
    {
      "word": "苦不聊生"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "聊生",
      "name": "zh-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese verbs",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese literary terms",
        "Chinese negative polarity items",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Chinese verbs",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to (be able to) keep a living"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "able",
          "able"
        ],
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "living",
          "living"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, chiefly in the negative) to (be able to) keep a living"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in the negative",
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáoshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄌㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáoshēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liáosheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liao²-shêng¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lyáu-shēng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liausheng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ляошэн"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ljaošɛn"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "lìuh sāng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁴ sang¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "liu⁴ seng¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/li̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/liːu̯²¹ sɐŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "聊生"
}