泥腿子

Traditional form:

泥腿子

Pinyin (reading):

nítuǐzi

Definitions:

• peasant
• yokel

Characters:

• 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
• 腿 - legs, thighs
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing

Traditional characters:

• 泥 - mud, earth, clay; plaster, paste
• 腿 - legs, thighs
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing