COMMONER  老百姓

HUMAN of less than NOBLE status.
Antonym
  • NOBLEIMPORTANT BECAUSE of RANK OR MORAL WISDOM.
    Hypernym
    • HUMANANIMAL which HAS TWO LEGS AND LACKS FEATHERS.
    Old Chinese Criteria
    1. Pǐ fū 匹夫 (ant. jūn zǐ 君子 "gentleman; freeman") and the rarer xì rén 細人 is a purely sociological term referring to a person without public office.

    2. Xiǎo rén 小人 (ant. jūn zǐ 君子 ) is a term of moral or personal appraisal and refers to a person of minor worth or of no moral merit.

      Words

      布衣  bù yī OC: paas qɯl MC: puo̝ ʔɨi 8 AttributionsWD

        Syntactic words
      • NP[adN]N=humanmere commoner; person wearing ordinary clothes and not entitled to wear official garments
      • NPadN(wearing ordinary clothes >) of a humble originLZ
      而夫  ér fū MC: nyi pju OC: njɯ paCH 1 AttributionWD
        Syntactic words
      • NPordinary person; ordinary officialCH

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