小摊 (小攤)
xiǎo tān
Pinyin
Definition
小摊 (小攤)
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- vendor's stall
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
- 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心,度君子之腹
- 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
- 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
- 1 poor people (idiom)
- 2 those who live from hand to mouth
Sample Sentences
呵呵,我这小摊开了很久了。找我的都是回头客。下次要修车记得找我啊。
Heh heh. I’ve had this little stall for years. All my business are return customers. Next time your bike needs repairing, remember to come to look for me.
我做小本生意的,别没收我的摊子好不好?我们全家老小就指着这个小摊呢。
I'm only trying to do a little business here. Don't confiscate my stand, OK? Our whole family, old and young, depends on this stand.
哎,看到这些城管就来气。一个个凶不拉叽的,有本事就去抓那些醉酒驾车的富二代,在这里欺负一个老实巴交的小摊贩算什么东西?
Agh, whenever I see these guys I just get so pissed off. Every one of them is as mean as can be. If they were worth anything at all, they'd be out catching those rich and spoiled kids driving around drunk.