升斗小民
Traditional form:
升斗小民
Pinyin (reading):
shēngdǒuxiǎomín
Definitions:
- (idiom) poor people; those who live from hand to mouth
Characters:
- 升 - to advance; to arise; to hoist, to raise
- 斗 - to struggle, to fight, to contend; measuring cup
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 民 - citizens, subjects; a nation's people
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