乡下人 (鄉下人)
xiāng xià rén
Pinyin

Definition

乡下人 (鄉下人)
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xiāng xià rén
  1. country folk
  2. rustic
  3. rural folk

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
下
xià
  1. 1 down
  2. 2 downwards
  3. 3 below
  4. 4 lower
  5. 5 later
  6. 6 next (week etc)
  7. 7 second (of two parts)
  8. 8 to decline
  9. 9 to go down
  10. 10 to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. 11 measure word to show the frequency of an action
下载
xià zǎi
  1. 1 to download
  2. 2 also pr. [xià zài]
人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三下两下
sān xià liǎng xià
  1. 1 quickly and effortlessly (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone

Sample Sentences

这是我上次去旅游，一个乡下人卖给我的，说是他们家祖传的。因为心疼画，硬是要裱好了卖给我，还多收我五百多块呢。
zhè shì wǒ shàngcì qù lǚyóu ，yī ge xiāngxiàrén màigěi wǒ de ，shuō shì tāmen jiā zǔchuán de 。yīnwèi xīnténg huà ，yìngshì yào biǎo hǎo le màigěi wǒ ，hái duō shōu wǒ wǔbǎi duō kuài ne 。
This is from the last time I went traveling. A man from the countryside sold it to me. He said it had been handed down from his ancestors. Because the painting was so dear to him, he insisted on having it mounted as a scroll before he'd sell it to me. He even got another 500 kuai out of me.
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