市井小民
shì jǐng xiǎo mín
Pinyin

Definition

市井小民
 - 
shì jǐng xiǎo mín
  1. ordinary people
  2. the hoi polloi
  3. commoner

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
shàng shì
  1. 1 to hit the market (of a new product)
  2. 2 to float (a company on the stock market)

Idioms (20)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
井井有条
jǐng jǐng yǒu tiáo
  1. 1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy