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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.

异人yì rén

eccentric / unusual person / talented individual

异星人yì xīng rén

space alien / extraterrestrial

异议人士yì yì rén shì

dissident

异乡人yì xiāng rén

stranger

痴人说梦chī rén shuō mèng

lunatic ravings / nonsense

瘆人shèn rén

scary

发人深思fā rén shēn sī

(idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought

发件人fā jiàn rén

(mail or email) sender

发报人fā bào rén

sender (of a message)

发好人卡fā hǎo rén kǎ

(slang) to reject sb (by labeling them a "nice guy")

发明人fā míng rén

inventor

白相人bái xiàng rén

(dialect) rogue / hoodlum

白色人种bái sè rén zhǒng

the white race

白发人送黑发人bái fà rén sòng hēi fà rén

to see one's child die before oneself

百年树人bǎi nián shù rén

(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens

百岁老人bǎi suì lǎo rén

centenarian

百眼巨人bǎi yǎn jù rén

hundred-eyed monster

尽人事jìn rén shì

to do one's utmost / to do everything one can

尽人事,听天命jìn rén shì , tīng tiān mìng

(idiom) to do one's best and leave the rest to fate / to do everything within one's power, then accept whatever happens

监察人jiān chá rén

supervisor / monitor / watchdog

监督人jiān dū rén

superintendent

监誓人jiān shì rén

oath administrator / oath supervisor

盲人摸象máng rén mō xiàng

blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[dà bān Niè pán jīng]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees

盲人门球máng rén mén qiú

goalball (Paralympic sport)

直立人zhí lì rén

Homo erectus

相配人xiāng pèi rén

match (couple) / persons well suited for each other

看人下菜碟儿kàn rén xià cài dié r

(dialect) to treat sb according to their social status, relationship with them etc (idiom) / not to treat everyone equally favorably

看人行事kàn rén xíng shì

to treat people according to their rank and one's relationship with them (idiom)

看门人kān mén rén

janitor / watchman

看鸟人kàn niǎo rén

a bird-watcher

真人不露相zhēn rén bù lòu xiàng

the sage presents as an ordinary person (idiom)

真人版zhēn rén bǎn

real-life version (of some imaginary character)

真人秀zhēn rén xiù

(TV) reality show

眩人xuàn rén

wizard / magician

众人拾柴火焰高zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo

(lit.) when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (proverb) / (fig.) the more people, the more strength

众人敬仰zhòng rén jìng yǎng

universally admired / highly esteemed by everyone

睹物思人dǔ wù sī rén

(idiom) to fondly remember a person on seeing sth one associates with them

瞳人tóng rén

pupil (of the eye)

知人善任zhī rén shàn rèn

(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities / to put the right people in the right places

知人知面不知心zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn

one may know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature (idiom)

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