Definition
常人 (cháng rén) is a neutral noun meaning 'ordinary person'. Unlike 老百姓 (lǎo bǎi xìng, 'common people', collective and often political), it simply denotes an average individual. Also, 平常 (píngcháng) is an adjective and cannot be used as a noun for a person.
noun
ordinary personaverage person
Examples
- 常人。cháng rén wúfǎ lǐjiě rúcǐ fùzá de wèntí.Ordinary people cannot understand such complicated problems.
- ，常人。Tā suīrán hěn yǒu cáihuá, què guòzhe cháng rén de shēnghuó.Although he is very talented, he lives the life of an ordinary person.
- 常人，。Duìyú cháng rén láishuō, jiànkāng bǐ cáifù gèng zhòngyào.For ordinary people, health is more important than wealth.
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