乡下人 (xiāng xià rén) — country folk; rural person; sometimes pejorative: rustic, hick
Definition
Means 'country folk / rural person', and can sound pejorative ('hick') depending on the speaker's tone and context. Use 农村人 in formal or written Chinese to avoid the dismissive edge.
noun
country folkrural personsometimes pejorative: rustichick
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 乡下人，。Tā suī rán shì xiāng xià rén, dàn shuō huà hěn yǒu jiàn shi.Although he is a country person, he speaks with great insight.
- 乡下人，。Bié qiáo bù qǐ xiāng xià rén, tā men de shēng huó jīng yàn hěn fēng fù.Don't look down on country folk — their life experience is rich.
- 乡下人，。Zhè xiē xiāng xià rén jìn chéng dǎ gōng, wèi chéng shì jiàn shè chū le bù shǎo lì.These rural people came to the city to work and contributed a lot to urban construction.
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