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Exact character matches appear first. Pinyin matches whole syllables in headword pronunciations. Common exact readings come before common compounds, followed by less frequent or restricted readings. Direct English meanings rank ahead of mentions in longer definitions.

Frequency data from Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare.

我人wǒ rén

we

我这个人wǒ zhè ge rén

me personally / the sort of person I am

戏剧化人格违常xì jù huà rén gé wéi cháng

histrionic personality disorder (HPD)

户告人晓hù gào rén xiǎo

to make known to every household (idiom) / to disseminate widely / to shout from the rooftops

所有人suǒ yǒu rén

everyone / owner

所用非人suǒ yòng fēi rén

to choose the wrong person for the job

所托非人suǒ tuō fēi rén

to entrust sth to the wrong person and get let down

才子佳人cái zǐ jiā rén

lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers

才气过人cái qì guò rén

an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen

才识过人cái shí guò rén

an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen

打工人dǎ gōng rén

worker

打狗还得看主人dǎ gǒu hái děi kàn zhǔ rén

lit. when one beats a dog, one must answer to its master (idiom) / fig. before punishing sb, one should consider how that would affect others associated with him

承租人chéng zū rén

leaser / tenant

承让人chéng ràng rén

grantee (law)

承运人chéng yùn rén

carrier (of goods etc)

承销人chéng xiāo rén

sales agent / salesman / consignee / underwriter

技术人员jì shù rén yuán

technical staff

投保人tóu bǎo rén

policy holder / insured person

拍拍屁股走人pāi pāi pì gu zǒu rén

to make oneself scarce / to slip away / to take French leave

拖人下水tuō rén xià shuǐ

lit. to pull sb into the water / fig. to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble

招人zhāo rén

to recruit / to hire people

招人喜欢zhāo rén xǐ huan

charming / attractive / delightful

拜人为师bài rén wéi shī

to acknowledge as one's teacher

拱手让人gǒng shǒu ràng rén

(idiom) to surrender sth without resistance

拾人涕唾shí rén tì tuò

to plagiarize (idiom)

拾人牙慧shí rén yá huì

to pick up what others say (idiom) / to pass off other people's opinions as one's own / to parrot

拿人ná rén

making things awkward / to cause difficulties / to exert influence / to attract

持卡人chí kǎ rén

cardholder

持有人chí yǒu rén

holder

挖人wā rén

to poach an employee (often from a competitor)

捕禽人bǔ qín rén

birdcatcher / fowler

舍己救人shě jǐ jiù rén

to abandon self for others (idiom) / to sacrifice oneself to help the people / altruism

舍己为人shě jǐ wèi rén

to abandon self for others (idiom, from Analects) / to sacrifice one's own interest for other people / altruism

卷铺盖走人juǎn pū gài zǒu rén

to pack one's things and leave

扫地机器人sǎo dì jī qì rén

robot vacuum

授人以柄shòu rén yǐ bǐng

to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom) / to give someone a hold on oneself

授人以鱼不如授人以渔shòu rén yǐ yú bù rú shòu rén yǐ yú

give a man a fish and you feed him for a day / teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime / knowledge is the best charity

掌门人zhǎng mén rén

(wuxia) sect leader / (fig.) person in charge / head / leader / proprietor

掘墓工人jué mù gōng rén

grave digger

探雷人员tàn léi rén yuán

mine detector (employee)

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