贩夫走卒 (販夫走卒)
fàn fū zǒu zú
Pinyin
Definition
贩夫走卒 (販夫走卒)
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- lit. peddlers and carriers
- common people
- lower class
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to walk
- 2 to go
- 3 to run
- 4 to move (of vehicle)
- 5 to visit
- 6 to leave
- 7 to go away
- 8 to die (euph.)
- 9 from
- 10 through
- 11 away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[chè zǒu])
- 12 to change (shape, form, meaning)
- 1 to leave home
- 2 to go off
- 3 to run away
- 1 skill
- 2 art
- 3 kung fu
- 4 labor
- 5 effort
- 1 senior official (in imperial China)
Idioms (20)
一夫当关,万夫莫开
- 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一条路走到黑
- 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
- 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
- 3 to cling to one's course
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
- 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
- 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
- 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
剑走偏锋
- 1 the sword moves with side stroke (modern idiom)
- 2 fig. unexpected winning move
- 3 unconventional gambit