“民以食为天”【英】

food is the first necessity of the people

译文来源

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例句

1. 2000多年前中国的先哲说过，“民以食为天”，这也是长久以来中国人所奉行的理念。--《李克强在联合国粮农组织的演讲》

1. Over 2,000 years ago, China's philosophers said, food is the first necessity of the people, and this is also what the Chinese have always believed in.--Quoted from Promote Agricultural Modernization Through Family Farming—Remarks at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations