people-oriented
Headword or pronunciation以人为本
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to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹[]) / to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game / to give sb a taste of his own medicine
Headword or pronunciation以其人之道，还治其人之身
to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation以小人之心，度君子之腹
under one's own name / named after oneself
Headword or pronunciation以本人名
to kill sb for a trifle
Headword or pronunciation以眦睚杀人
to judge sb by appearances (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation以貌取人
to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom) / to depend on sb's whim for one's living
Headword or pronunciation仰人鼻息
to appoint (sb to a post)
Headword or pronunciation任人
(idiom) to practice nepotism or cronyism in making appointments
Headword or pronunciation任人唯亲
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom) / appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
Headword or pronunciation任人唯贤
(literary) that person (usually female) / she / one's intended
Headword or pronunciation伊人
to have reached the highest official positions
Headword or pronunciation位极人臣
to conduct oneself / same as 做人
Headword or pronunciation作人
(lit.) beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / (fig.) pair of ideal lovers
Headword or pronunciation佳人才子
convincing
Headword or pronunciation使人信服
perpetrator
Headword or pronunciation侵害人
sb who happens to be on hand for an errand
Headword or pronunciation便人
Extraordinary people in our ordinary world, short stories by novelist Feng Jicai 馮驥才|冯骥才[]
Headword or pronunciation俗世奇人
common people / laity (i.e. not priests)
Headword or pronunciation俗人
guarantor / person paying bail
Headword or pronunciation保人
security personnel / member of police force
Headword or pronunciation保安人员
insurer
Headword or pronunciation保险人
person pursuing religious practice (Buddhism)
Headword or pronunciation修行人
a person in the know
Headword or pronunciation个中人
personal injury
Headword or pronunciation个人伤害
personal savings
Headword or pronunciation个人储蓄
personality cult
Headword or pronunciation个人崇拜
personal income tax
Headword or pronunciation个人所得税
personal digital assistant (PDA)
Headword or pronunciation个人数字助理
individual competition / individual race
Headword or pronunciation个人赛
personal privacy / private matters
Headword or pronunciation个人隐私
personal computer / PC
Headword or pronunciation个人电脑
debtor / borrower
Headword or pronunciation借债人
to lend sb a knife to kill sb / to get sb else to do one's dirty work / to attack using the strength of another (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation借刀杀人
the borrower
Headword or pronunciation借款人
dwarf / (old) (derog.) Japanese person
Headword or pronunciation倭人
dummy (for crash testing, displaying clothes etc)
Headword or pronunciation假人
an effigy
Headword or pronunciation假人像
false compassion / bogus charity
Headword or pronunciation假善人
to get one's own task done by sb else
Headword or pronunciation假手他人
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