{"path":"/entry/12809","title":"凡夫俗子 (fán fū sú zǐ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"凡夫俗子 (fán fū sú zǐ): common people · ordinary folk. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":12809,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["凡夫俗子"],"TRADITIONAL":["凡夫俗子"]}},"phonetic":"fán fū sú zǐ","phoneticKey":"fan2 fu1 su2 zi3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"common people","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"ordinary folk","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["IDIOM"],"frequency":31853,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["子"],"TRADITIONAL":["子"]}},"phonetic":"zǐ","primaryPhonetic":"zi"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"First attested in the 16th century. Appeared 3 times in《封神演義》, here take one for example","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"名利乃凡夫俗子之所争，嗔怒乃儿女子之所事，纵是未斩三尸之仙，未赴蟠桃之客，也要脱此苦恼。","traditional":"名利乃凡夫俗子之所爭，嗔怒乃兒女子之所事，縱是未斬三尸之仙，未赴蟠桃之客，也要脫此苦惱。"},"phonetic":"Mínglì nǎi fánfūsúzǐ zhī suǒ zhēng, chēnnù nǎi érnǚzǐ zhī suǒ shì, zòng shì wèi zhǎn sānshī zhī xiān, wèi fù pántáo zhī kè, yě yào tuō cǐ kǔnǎo.","english":"Fame and fortune are the disputes of ordinary people, while anger and annoyance are the emotions of young men and women. Even a celestial being who has not yet severed all desire nor been invited to attend the longevity-peach feast should do everything to be rid of those temptations.","ref":"The Investiture of the Gods, circa 16ᵗʰ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}