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by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company)
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
(lit.) when a person attains enlightenment and immortality, even his chickens and dogs will ascend to heaven with him (idiom); (fig.) when somebody attains a position of power and influence, their relatives and friends also benefit
一家人
yī jiā rén
the whole family; (lit. and fig.) members of the same family
一家人不说两家话
yī jiā rén bù shuō liǎng jiā huà
lit. family members speak frankly with one another, not courteously, as if they were from two different families (idiom); fig. people don't need to be deferential when they ask a family member for help; people from the same family should stick together (and good friends likewise)
一般人
yī bān rén
average person
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
万人
wàn rén
ten thousand people; all the people; everyman
万人之敌
wàn rén zhī dí
a match for ten thousand enemies
万人冢
wàn rén zhǒng
mass grave; common grave
万人敌
wàn rén dí
a match for ten thousand enemies
万人空巷
wàn rén kōng xiàng
the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate); the whole town turns out
丈人
zhàng rén
wife's father (father-in-law); old man
三个女人一个墟
sān gè nǚ rén yī gè xū
three women makes a crowd
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行
sān rén xíng
(slang) threesome
三人行，则必有我师
sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī
If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius); you have sth to learn from everyone
三无人员
sān wú rén yuán
person without identification papers, a normal residence permit or a source of income
下人
xià rén
(old) servant; (dialect) children; grandchildren
下里巴人
xià lǐ bā rén
folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]; popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
not known to anyone; secret; unknown
不人道
bù rén dào
inhuman
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不可告人
bù kě gào rén
(idiom) to be kept secret; not to be divulged
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
(idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不如人意
bù rú rén yì
leaving much to be desired; unsatisfactory; undesirable
不得人心
bù dé rén xīn
not to enjoy popular support; to be unpopular
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom); marriages are predestined; people marry because they share common traits
不求人
bù qiú rén
backscratcher (made from bamboo etc)
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
(idiom) not want to be outdone; not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
(idiom) not want to be outdone; not content to lag behind
不省人事
bù xǐng rén shì
to lose consciousness; unconscious; in a coma
不良人
bù liáng rén
(Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers
不足为外人道
bù zú wèi wài rén dào
(idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves; also pr. [bu4zu2 wei2 wai4ren2 dao4]
不近人情
bù jìn rén qíng
(idiom) not amenable to reason; unreasonable
不食人间烟火
bù shí rén jiān yān huǒ
otherworldly; detached from the mundane concerns of ordinary life
与人为善
yǔ rén wéi shàn
to be of service to others; to help others; benevolent
与人方便，自己方便
yǔ rén fāng biàn , zì jǐ fāng biàn
Help others, and others may help you (idiom).
丑人多作怪
chǒu rén duō zuò guài
(saying) unattractive or untalented people tend to make spectacles of themselves
Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
中老年人
zhōng lǎo nián rén
middle-aged and elderly people
中间人
zhōng jiān rén
intermediary; mediator
中间人攻击
zhōng jiān rén gōng jī
(computing) man-in-the-middle attack
丰俭由人
fēng jiǎn yóu rén
fancy or simple according to one's budget
丹尼索瓦人
dān ní suǒ wǎ rén
Denisovan, an extinct species of human
为人
wèi rén
for sb; for others' interest
为人师表
wéi rén shī biǎo
to serve as a model for others (idiom); to be a worthy teacher
为人民服务
wèi rén mín fú wù
Serve the People!, CCP political slogan
主人
zhǔrén
host
From: Chinese Business Etiquette
主人公
zhǔ rén gōng
hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist
主人翁
zhǔ rén wēng
master (of the house); main character in a novel etc; hero or heroine
主保圣人
zhǔ bǎo shèng rén
patron saint
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
host; master of ceremonies; (TV or radio) presenter; anchor; (Tw) (research project) principal investigator (PI); program director
主理人
zhǔ lǐ rén
(coll.) person in charge, manager (originally, chiefly in Hong Kong, Macau); (esp.) creative director or founder of a boutique brand (newer, mainstream sense)
主管人员
zhǔ guǎn rén yuán
executive
丽人
lì rén
(literary) beautiful woman; belle
举人
jǔ rén
graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
义人
yì rén
righteous man
乌克兰人
wū kè lán rén
Ukrainian (person)
乌兹别克人
wū zī bié kè rén
Uzbek (person)
乏人照顾
fá rén zhào gù
(of a person) left unattended; not cared for
乐于助人
lè yú zhù rén
(idiom) willing to help others
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom); to take sb by surprise
乘人之危
chéng rén zhī wēi
to take advantage of sb's precarious position
乞人
qǐ rén
beggar
乡下人
xiāng xià rén
country folk; rustic; rural folk
乡人
xiāng rén
villager; fellow villager
乱世佳人
luàn shì jiā rén
Gone with the Wind (film)
予人口实
yǔ rén kǒu shí
to give cause for gossip
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
二人世界
èr rén shì jiè
world with only two people (usually refers to a romantic couple); romantic couple's world
二人台
èr rén tái
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in Inner Mongolia
二人转
èr rén zhuàn
genre of song-and-dance duet popular in northeast China
二八佳人
èr bā jiā rén
16-year-old beauty
二号人物
èr hào rén wù
second-in-command
五人墓碑记
wǔ rén mù bēi jì
Five Men's Tombstone Inscription, an essay by Zhang Pu 張溥|张溥[Zhang1 Pu3] commemorating five martyrs who died resisting the tyranny of Wei Zhongxian 魏忠賢|魏忠贤[Wei4 Zhong1 xian2] during the late Ming dynasty
亚美人种
yà měi rén zhǒng
see 黃種|黄种[huang2 zhong3]
产业工人
chǎn yè gōng rén
industrial worker
亮眼人
liàng yǎn rén
(term used by the blind) sighted person; person with eyesight; perceptive person; observant person
亲人
qīn rén
one's close relatives
人
rén
person; people
人丁
rén dīng
number of people in a family; population; (old) adult males
人丁兴旺
rén dīng xīng wàng
(idiom) to be a flourishing family with many descendants
人不为己，天诛地灭
rén bù wèi jǐ , tiān zhū dì miè
Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you.; Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom); you can't judge a book by its cover; often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[ren2 bu4 ke3 mao4 xiang4 , hai3 shui3 bu4 ke3 dou3 liang2]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人不知鬼不觉
rén bù zhī guǐ bù jué
in absolute secrecy
人世
rén shì
the world; this world; the world of the living
人世间
rén shì jiān
the secular world
人丛
rén cóng
crowd of people
人中
rén zhōng
philtrum; infranasal depression; the "human center" acupuncture point
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
a giant among men (idiom)
人为
rén wéi
artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin
人为刀俎，我为鱼肉
rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu
(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom); (fig.) to be at sb's mercy
人为土
rén wéi tǔ
anthrosol (soil taxonomy)
人为财死，鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom); fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
人之初，性本善
rén zhī chū , xìng běn shàn
man at birth is fundamentally good in nature (the first two lines of Three Character Classic 三字經|三字经[San1 zi4 Jing1])
人之将死，其言也善
rén zhī jiāng sǐ , qí yán yě shàn
words of a man on his deathbed always come from the heart (proverb)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
human nature (idiom); a behavior that is only natural
人事
rén shì
personnel; human resources; human affairs
人事不知
rén shì bù zhī
to have lost consciousness
人事处
rén shì chù
human resources department
人事管理
rén shì guǎn lǐ
personnel management
人事部
rén shì bù
personnel office; human resources (HR)
人事部门
rén shì bù mén
personnel office
人云亦云
rén yún yì yún
to say what everyone says (idiom); to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view; to follow the herd
人五人六
rén wǔ rén liù
(idiom) to make a show of being decent and proper; to display phony or hypocritical behavior
