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升斗小民

Mandarin · pinyin shēng dǒu xiǎo mín

Meanings

  1. (idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
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升
shēng · arise, go up; hoist; advance; hexagram ䷭
斗
dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
小
xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
民
mín · people, subjects, citizens
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1–3–3–2 · sheng1 dou3 xiao3 min2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sing1 dau2 siu2 man4

Cantonese word readings for 升斗小民. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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sing1 dau2 siu2 man4

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