known to everyone
Headword or pronunciation人人皆知
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known to everyone
Headword or pronunciation人人皆知
crosswalk / pedestrian crossing
Headword or pronunciation人行横道
there are plenty of such people
Headword or pronunciation大有人在
(idiom) the place is unchanged, but the faces are different
Headword or pronunciation物是人非
overbearing / arrogant bully
Headword or pronunciation盛气凌人
to be of service to others / to help others / benevolent
Headword or pronunciation与人为善
to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom) / to kick people around
Headword or pronunciation仗势欺人
guardian / carer / patron
Headword or pronunciation保护人
convener
Headword or pronunciation召集人
people from the same workplace or profession / co-worker / colleague / (fandom) fan creator or enthusiast involved in derivative works (e.g. fan fiction, fan art)
Headword or pronunciation同人
family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom) / ruined and orphaned / destitute and homeless
Headword or pronunciation家破人亡
to bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind
Headword or pronunciation悲天悯人
(idiom) deeply touching
Headword or pronunciation感人至深
to carry a passenger / (of spaceships etc) manned / also pr. []
Headword or pronunciation载人
pair skating
Headword or pronunciation双人滑
(slang) extroverted person
Headword or pronunciatione人
(slang) introverted person
Headword or pronunciationi人
one person / a single person / (literary) the emperor
Headword or pronunciation一人
(lit.) when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom) / (fig.) when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
Headword or pronunciation一人得道,鸡犬升天
by oneself (without assistance) / alone (without company)
Headword or pronunciation一个人
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom) / fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help / people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
Headword or pronunciation一家人不说两家话
average person
Headword or pronunciation一般人
wife's father (father-in-law) / old man
Headword or pronunciation丈人
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom) / repeated rumor becomes a fact
Headword or pronunciation三人成虎
(slang) threesome
Headword or pronunciation三人行
If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
Headword or pronunciation三人行,则必有我师
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone
Headword or pronunciation三人行,必有我师
three women makes a crowd
Headword or pronunciation三个女人一个墟
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation三个女人一台戏
person without identification papers, a normal residence permit or a source of income
Headword or pronunciation三无人员
folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[] / popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[], highbrow art forms)
Headword or pronunciation下里巴人
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects) / to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
Headword or pronunciation不以人废言
leaving much to be desired / unsatisfactory / undesirable
Headword or pronunciation不如人意
not to enjoy popular support / to be unpopular
Headword or pronunciation不得人心
not to worry about the gossip (idiom) / to do the right thing regardless of what others say
Headword or pronunciation不恤人言
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom) / marriages are predestined / people marry because they share common traits
Headword or pronunciation不是一家人不进一家门
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
Headword or pronunciation不求人
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
Headword or pronunciation不甘人后
(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind
Headword or pronunciation不甘后人
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
Headword or pronunciation不听老人言,吃亏在眼前