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常soeng4人jan4

soeng4 jan4cháng rén

English

  1. ordinary person
  2. ordinary man; man in the street; the common man

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 平常人、普通人;典型、普通、唔突出、唔特別、唔偏離常態嘅人

Examples

  • 你淨係會留意到嗰啲嘈嘈閉、好乞人憎嘅人,唔會留意到絕大部份安安靜靜咁自己做自己嘢嘅正常人。

    You only notice those who are loud and obnoxious. You don't notice the majority who are just normal people and keep to themselves.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 通常人们失败并非能力不足,而是不够专注。

    The average man fails not because he lacks ability, but because he lacks ability to concentrate.

    Tatoeba · bigfatpanda CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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