小しょう国こく寡か民みん

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Meanings

noun

small country with a small population

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo derived from Laozi's ideal of a state: a small, sparsely populated nation where people live contentedly without ambition for expansion or complex governance. Used in philosophical, political, or literary contexts.

老ろう子しの理り想そうとする国こっ家かは小しょう国こく寡か民みんである。
The ideal state envisioned by Laozi is a small country with a small population.
この政せい治じ家かは小しょう国こく寡か民みんの理り念ねんに共きょう感かんしている。
This politician sympathizes with the ideal of a small, sparsely populated nation.