升斗小民 — Chinese idiom
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
Meaning
- poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
Character by character
- 升shēngto advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 斗dǒuto struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 民míncitizens, subjects; a nation's people
Idioms sharing a character
- 升堂入室 shēng táng rù shì
- 升官发财 shēng guān fā cái
- 四海升平 sì hǎi shēng píng
- 明升暗降 míng shēng àn jiàng
- 歌舞升平 gē wǔ shēng píng
- 鸡犬升天 jī quǎn shēng tiān
- 勾心斗角 gōu xīn dòu jiǎo
- 南箕北斗 Nán jī Běi dǒu
- 单打独斗 dān dǎ dú dòu
- 困兽犹斗 kùn shòu yóu dòu
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