普通人

pǔ tōng rén · pu tong ren

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. ordinary person
  2. private citizen
  3. people
  4. the person in the street

In a sentence

2 examples
01

法(fǎ)律(lǜ)术(shù)语(yǔ)是(shì)大(dà)多(duō)数(shù)普(pǔ)通(tōng)人(rén)无(wú)法(fǎ)理(lǐ)解(jiě)的(de)。

Legal terminology is usually incomprehensible to non-specialists.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Athomas · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

智(zhì)者(zhě)谈(tán)论(lùn)想(xiǎng)法(fǎ), 知(zhī)识(shi)分(fèn)子(zǐ)谈(tán)论(lùn)事(shì)实(shí), 普(pǔ)通(tōng)人(rén)谈(tán)论(lùn)他(tā)吃(chī)什(shén)么(me)。

Wise men talk about ideas, intellectuals about facts, and the ordinary man talks about what he eats.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by gracehero · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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