过路人 (guò lù rén) — passerby, someone passing by on the street
Definition
A compound noun for 'passerby' — a person passing through a place, not part of the scene. More literary and specific than the everyday colloquial term 路人 (lùrén).
noun
passerbysomeone passing by on the street
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 过路人。Yí gè guò lù rén gào sù wǒ qián miàn yǒu jiā bú cuò de cān tīng.A passerby told me there's a good restaurant ahead.
- 过路人，。Tā zhǐ shì gè guò lù rén, bìng bú rèn shi zhè lǐ de rén.He's just a passerby and doesn't know anyone here.
- 过路人，。Jiē shàng guò lù rén hěn duō, dàn méi yǒu rén tíng xià lái bāng máng.There were many passersby on the street, but no one stopped to help.
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