市井 (shì jǐng) — marketplace; town (literary); the streets (as a setting for everyday common life)
Definition
Literary word for the marketplace and ordinary street life — almost always used in set phrases like 市井生活 or 市井小民 ('common folk'). It's a written/elevated term, not used to talk about a literal town in everyday speech.
noun
marketplacetown (literary)the streets (as a setting for everyday common life)
Examples
- 市井。Zhè bù xiǎo shuō shēng dòng dì miáo huì le shì jǐng shēng huó.This novel vividly depicts marketplace life.
- 市井，。shì jǐng Xiǎo mín de rì zi suī rán xīn kǔ, què chōng mǎn rén qíng wèi.The days of common marketplace folk are hard but full of human warmth.
- 市井。Zhè ge gù shi fā shēng zài gǔ dài shì jǐng zhī zhōng.This story takes place in an ancient marketplace.
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