人微言轻 — Chinese idiom
人微言轻
rén wēi yán qīng
Traditional: 人微言輕
Meaning
- what lowly people think counts for little
Character by character
- 人rénman, person; people
- 微wēismall, tiny, trifling; micro-
- 言yánwords, speech; to speak, to say
- 轻qīnglight, gentle; simple, easy
Idioms sharing a character
- 一鸣惊人 yī míng jīng rén
- 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
- 不可告人 bù kě gào rén
- 不恤人言 bù xù rén yán
- 不甘人后 bù gān rén hòu
- 不甘后人 bù gān hòu rén
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 乘人不备 chéng rén bù bèi
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 人丁兴旺 rén dīng xīng wàng
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