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小人

xiǎo rén

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

小人 (xiǎo rén) means "person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 小人 means

1. person of low social status (old)
2. I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself)
3. nasty person
4. vile character

The characters in 小人

• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few
• 人rénperson; people

Example sentences

• 他是个卑鄙小人。
  Tā shì gè bēibǐ xiǎorén.
  He is a despicable person.

Words starting with 小人

• 小人物xiǎo rén wùnonentity; a nobody
• 小人书xiǎo rén shūchildren's picture story book
• 小人精xiǎo rén jīngexceptionally bright kid; child prodigy
• 小人得志xiǎo rén dé zhìlit. a vile character flourishes (idiom); fig. an inferior person gets into a position of…

Words containing 小人

• 势利小人shì li xiǎo rénsnob
• 大人不记小人过dà rén bù jì xiǎo rén guòa person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low…
• 以小人之心，度君子之腹yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fùto gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
• 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚jūn zi tǎn dàng dàng , xiǎo rén cháng qī qīgood people are at peace with themselves, (but) there is no rest for the wicked
• 君子不计小人过jūn zǐ bù jì xiǎo rén guòsee 大人不记小人过

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