里人

Mandarin · pinyin lǐ rén

Meanings

  1. person from the same village, town or province
  2. peasant (derog.)
  3. (of a school of thought etc) follower
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里
lǐ · unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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3–2 · li3 ren2

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里人 · li3 ren2
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Exact source record里人 里人 [li3 ren2] /person from the same village, town or province/peasant (derog.)/(of a school of thought etc) follower/