平庸之辈

Traditional form:

平庸之輩

Pinyin (reading):

píngyōngzhībèi

Definitions:

• a nobody
• a nonentity

Characters:

• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 庸 - usual, common, ordinary, mediocre
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 辈 - generation, lifetime; contemporary

Traditional characters:

• 平 - flat, level, even; peaceful
• 庸 - usual, common, ordinary, mediocre
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 輩 - generation, lifetime; contemporary