老百姓

Pinyin: lǎobǎixìng

ordinary people; the "person in the street"

Example sentence

自古至今,容忍的总是老百姓,被容忍的总是统治者。

Zìgǔ zhìjīn, róngrěn de zǒngshì lǎobǎixìng, bèi róngrěn de zǒngshì tǒngzhìzhě.

Since ancient times, it has always been the commoners who tolerate their ruler.

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What 老百姓 means

老百姓 (lǎobǎixìng) is an Chinese word meaning “ordinary people; the "person in the street"”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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