市井小民
shì jǐng xiǎo mín
Pinyin
Definition
市井小民
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- ordinary people
- the hoi polloi
- commoner
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 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
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
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)
井井有条
- 1 everything clear and orderly (idiom); neat and tidy