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DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
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Original source entry:

升斗小民 升斗小民 [sheng1 dou3 xiao3 min2] /(idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth/

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升斗小民
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