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  • [xiàrén]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

下人 [xiàrén]
  1. 1. noun A servant.
    三个底下人轮流服侍他。
    Three servants took turns to serve him.
    下人们的眼中, 张员外是个和善的人。
    In the eyes of the servants, Councillor Zhang is an amiable person.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

下人 [xiàrén]
  1. 1. 旧时指佣人、仆人。

Examples

因为是国王的宠妾, 下人都对她毕恭毕敬。
Because she was the king's favorite concubine, the understrappers all showed great respect toward her. 宠妾
他是相府里的教师爷, 其实和下人差不多。
He was a coach teaching martial arts at the minister's family, but in fact he was no more than a servant. 教师爷

Word Decomposition


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