eccentric / unusual person / talented individual
Results for “人”
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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.
space alien / extraterrestrial
dissident
stranger
lunatic ravings / nonsense
scary
(idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought
(mail or email) sender
sender (of a message)
(slang) to reject sb (by labeling them a "nice guy")
inventor
(dialect) rogue / hoodlum
the white race
to see one's child die before oneself
(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
centenarian
hundred-eyed monster
to do one's utmost / to do everything one can
(idiom) to do one's best and leave the rest to fate / to do everything within one's power, then accept whatever happens
supervisor / monitor / watchdog
superintendent
oath administrator / oath supervisor
blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
goalball (Paralympic sport)
Homo erectus
match (couple) / persons well suited for each other
(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably
to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)
janitor / watchman
a bird-watcher
the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)
real-life version (of some imaginary character)
(TV) reality show
wizard / magician
(lit.) when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb) / (fig.) the more people, the more strength
universally admired / highly esteemed by everyone
(idiom) to fondly remember a person on seeing sth one associates with them
pupil (of the eye)
(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities / to put the right people in the right places
one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)