村夫 (cūn fū) — villager (person living in the countryside); vulgar and naïve person (derogatory term for an uneducated rustic)
Definition
Literary/formal word; in neutral contexts it just means a countryside dweller, but it is often used pejoratively to call someone an uneducated rustic. At HSK 7, expect the derogatory sense in classical-style writing.
noun
villager (person living in the countryside)vulgar and naïve person (derogatory term for an uneducated rustic)
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Examples
- 村夫。Nà wèi cūn fū měi tiān tiān bú liàng jiù xià dì gàn huó le.That villager goes to work in the fields before daylight every day.
- ，村夫。Tā shuō huà cū sú, jiǎn zhí xiàng gè méi yǒu lǐ mào de cūn fū.His speech is so coarse that he's just like an ill-mannered rustic.
- 村夫，。Xiǎo shuō lǐ de nà ge cūn fū suī rán yú dùn, què xīn dì shàn liáng.That rustic in the novel, though dim-witted, was kind-hearted.
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