(idiom) to get one's own task done by sb else
Headword or pronunciation假手于人
FULL-TEXT SEARCH
Text matches for “人”
1,765 results
Matches in definitions, examples and entry notes are identified below.
How results are ordered
Dictionary lookup matches complete headwords and pronunciations, or words in English definitions. Additional readings, names and variants are linked from their principal entries. Related words are separate, and partial pinyin has its own suggestions. General lexical entries precede names and historical references. Available frequency counts help order comparable matches.
Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. Counts describe written forms across their readings. A missing count is unknown.
thrifty / economical
Headword or pronunciation做人家
to do a favor to sb
Headword or pronunciation做人情
idol (i.e. statue for worship)
Headword or pronunciation偶人
to depend on others
Headword or pronunciation傍人篱壁
to be dependent upon sb
Headword or pronunciation傍人门户
worthy of pride / impressive / enviable
Headword or pronunciation傲人
legendary person / legend (i.e. person)
Headword or pronunciation传奇人物
messenger / communicator / relay
Headword or pronunciation传话人
debtor
Headword or pronunciation债务人
creditor
Headword or pronunciation债权人
to injure sb
Headword or pronunciation伤人
the injured / wounded personnel
Headword or pronunciation伤残人员
fortune favors fools (idiom) / fool's luck
Headword or pronunciation傻人有傻福
to gain the upper hand by a show of strength
Headword or pronunciation先声夺人
(official accolade) advanced individual / exemplary individual
Headword or pronunciation先进个人
clone human
Headword or pronunciation克隆人
my wife (humble)
Headword or pronunciation内人
crew
Headword or pronunciation全体人员
two-faced person
Headword or pronunciation两面人
government functionary
Headword or pronunciation公务人员
duchess
Headword or pronunciation公爵夫人
public figure / famous person
Headword or pronunciation公众人物
civil servant
Headword or pronunciation公职人员
(Tw) (in a research project) co-principal investigator, or co-PI
Headword or pronunciation共同主持人
a Republican party member
Headword or pronunciation共和党人
ice queen (beautiful woman who appears to be emotionless and distant)
Headword or pronunciation冰山美人
to offend people with unkind remarks (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation冷语冰人
turned out other than expected (idiom) / unexpected
Headword or pronunciation出人意外
to exceed all expectations / to come as a surprise
Headword or pronunciation出人意表
producer (film)
Headword or pronunciation出品人
monk / nun (Buddhist or Daoist)
Headword or pronunciation出家人
armor maker
Headword or pronunciation函人
(proverb) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened / a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
Headword or pronunciation刀不磨要生锈，人不学要落后
analyst / expert
Headword or pronunciation分析人士
criminal to be executed / to execute a criminal
Headword or pronunciation刑人
to be a different person / not to be one's usual self
Headword or pronunciation判若两人
lit. someone else stole the donkey / you only pulled up the stake it was tethered to (idiom) / fig. you're the least culpable, but you're the one who gets the blame
Headword or pronunciation别人牵驴你拔橛子
stakeholder / interested party / interested person
Headword or pronunciation利害关系人
unique / unprecedented (idiom)
Headword or pronunciation前不见古人，后不见来者
Definitions from CC-CEDICT · 125,326 source records · Release 2026-10-27