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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 他人
[tārén]
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noun
[pl]
others
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 他人
[tārén]
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1.
名
其他的人；别人
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要尊重他人。
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Examples
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师他人之故智，步他人之后尘。
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他人倒聪明，就是路道没有走对。
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He's quite intelligent, but he doesn't have a correct approach to things.
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国家神圣领土不容他人染指。
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Our territory is sacred and inviolable.
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他人在那儿，心可想着别的事。
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He was there all right, but his mind was elsewhere.
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不容他人声辩
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not allow others to present their arguments
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酒后开车危及他人生命。
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Drunk drivers endanger the lives of others.
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把责任转嫁给他人
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shift off one's responsibility; put the blame on someone else
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众人笑我太痴癫，我笑他人看不穿。
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Others laugh at me and say I've gone mad; I laugh at them for they can't understand.
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因为不受重视，他打算改换门庭，另投他人。
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Because he's not receiving attention, he plans to switch allegiance to a new master.
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nciku Note
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别人 vs. 他人
biérén vs. tārén
1. 别人 means "another person or other people" or "another person or other people besides oneself".
(1) 这里也没有别人，你就说吧。
(2) 我可以带别人来吗？
(3) 你就按照自己的想法来做，不用理会别人的看法。
(4) 你不要看不起别人。
2. 他人 has the same meaning as 别人, but is more literary and mostly used in more formal statement, maxims or four-character phrases.
(5) 他很自私，从来不顾他人的死活。
(6) 他做了很多惠及他人的事。
1.“别人”表示除了提到或指定的人或者除当事人以外的人。
2.“他人”意思和“别人”相同，但书面色彩较强，多用于较正式的表述、格式或四字语中。
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