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普通人

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pǔ tōng rén

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Definitions

  1. 1. ordinary person
  2. 2. private citizen
  3. 3. people
  4. 4. the person in the street

Child Words of 普通人

人
rén

person; people

普通
pǔ tōng

common

通
tòng

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

普
pǔ

general

通人
tōng rén

learned person; person of wide knowledge and sound scholarship

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