a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness
Headword or pronunciation狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心
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to act like a snob
Headword or pronunciation狗眼看人低
werewolf
Headword or pronunciation狼人
sphinx
Headword or pronunciation狮身人面像
cyclops
Headword or pronunciation独眼巨人
lit. to lead beasts to eat the people (idiom) / fig. tyrannical government oppresses the people
Headword or pronunciation率兽食人
a jade worker / a jade statuette / a beautiful person / (term of endearment)
Headword or pronunciation玉人
virtuoso piper wins a beauty / the xiao 簫|箫[] (mouth organ) virtuoso 蕭史|萧史[] won for his wife the beautiful daughter of Duke Mu of Qin 秦穆公[]
Headword or pronunciation玉人吹箫
to play with others and offend morals / wicked
Headword or pronunciation玩人丧德
Swede
Headword or pronunciation瑞典人
sanitation worker
Headword or pronunciation环卫工人
no gourd is perfectly round, just as no man is perfect (proverb)
Headword or pronunciation瓜无滚圆，人无十全
industrial worker
Headword or pronunciation产业工人
personnel expenditure (accountancy)
Headword or pronunciation用人经费
women love bad guys
Headword or pronunciation男人不坏，女人不爱
tomboy
Headword or pronunciation男人婆
a man (rather than a woman)
Headword or pronunciation男人家
lit. the man has gold under his knees / fig. a man who does not easily kneel in front of others (owing to pride or moral integrity)
Headword or pronunciation男人膝下有黄金
eccentric / unusual person / talented individual
Headword or pronunciation异人
space alien / extraterrestrial
Headword or pronunciation异星人
dissident
Headword or pronunciation异议人士
stranger
Headword or pronunciation异乡人
lunatic ravings / nonsense
Headword or pronunciation痴人说梦
scary
Headword or pronunciation瘆人
(idiom) thought-provoking / to give one food for thought
Headword or pronunciation发人深思
(mail or email) sender
Headword or pronunciation发件人
sender (of a message)
Headword or pronunciation发报人
(slang) to reject sb (by labeling them a "nice guy")
Headword or pronunciation发好人卡
inventor
Headword or pronunciation发明人
(dialect) rogue / hoodlum
Headword or pronunciation白相人
the white race
Headword or pronunciation白色人种
to see one's child die before oneself
Headword or pronunciation白发人送黑发人
(idiom) it takes many years to raise children to be upstanding citizens
Headword or pronunciation百年树人
centenarian
Headword or pronunciation百岁老人
hundred-eyed monster
Headword or pronunciation百眼巨人
to do one's utmost / to do everything one can
Headword or pronunciation尽人事
(idiom) to do one's best and leave the rest to fate / to do everything within one's power, then accept whatever happens
Headword or pronunciation尽人事，听天命
supervisor / monitor / watchdog
Headword or pronunciation监察人
superintendent
Headword or pronunciation监督人
oath administrator / oath supervisor
Headword or pronunciation监誓人
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