common
noun

Meaning of 布衣

布衣 means cloth clothes; plain clothing; common people; civilians. Pronounced bù yī.

  • cloth clothes; plain clothing
  • common people; civilians

Definitions & Examples

rén
cháng
shū
shí
xíng
róng
qīng
pín
de
shēng
huó
 

Ancient people often used cloth clothes and coarse vegetables to describe a poor life.

guò
le
shí
nián
de
jiǎn
de
shēng
 

He has lived a simple life of cloth clothes for decades.

Zhè
ge
yǐn
shì
cháng
nián
chuān穿
zhe
zhù
zài
shān
zhōng
 

This hermit has worn cloth clothes and lived in the mountains for years.

shǐ使
jiā
jìng
hǎo
zhuǎn
 
rán
bǎo
chí
de
guàn
 

Even after his family's financial situation improved, he still kept his habit of wearing cloth clothes.

Zhè
huà
miáo
huì
le
wèi
nóng
de
cháng
 

This painting depicts the daily life of a farmer in cloth clothes.