百 姓 bǎi xìng common people 布 衣 bù yī plain cotton clothing / (literary) the common people 苍 生 cāng shēng (area where) vegetation grows / the common people 市 井 shì jǐng marketplace / town / the street (urban milieu) / the haunts of the common people 俗 人 sú rén common people / laity (i.e. not priests) 芸 芸 众 生 yún yún zhòng shēng every living being (Buddhism) / the mass of common people 普 通 老 百 姓 pǔ tōng lǎo bǎi xìng common people / average people / hoi polloi 庶 民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian 凡 夫 俗 子 fán fū sú zǐ common people / ordinary folk 黎 民 lí mín the common people / the great unwashed 氓 common people 爱 民 如 子 ài mín rú zǐ to love the common people as one's own children (praise for a virtuous ruler) 侯 门 似 海 hóu mén sì hǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea / there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) 苍 生 涂 炭 cāng shēng tú tàn the common people in a miserable state 贩 夫 俗 子 fàn fū sú zi peddlers and common people / lower class 贩 夫 走 卒 fàn fū zǒu zú lit. peddlers and carriers / common people / lower class 食 荼 卧 棘 shí tú wò jí to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom) / to share the hard life of the common people 尊 贤 爱 物 zūn xián ài wù to honor the wise and love the people / respecting noble talent while protecting the common people 平 人 píng rén ordinary person / common people 神 爱 世 人 shén ài shì rén the gods love the common people (idiom) 平 头 百 姓 píng tóu bǎi xìng common people 接 地 气 jiē dì qì in touch with the common people / down-to-earth 瘦 死 的 骆 驼 比 马 大 shòu sǐ de luò tuo bǐ mǎ dà lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people
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