common people (archaic)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
common people; populace; the masses (ancient Chinese term)
archaicA historical term used especially during the Qin Dynasty to refer to commoners. Literally 'black-headed ones', referring to the black cloth commoners wore or their uncovered black hair as distinct from the nobility.
Qián黔
shǒu首
shì是
Qín秦
cháo朝
duì对
pǔ普
tōng通
bǎi百
xìng姓
de的
yī一
zhǒng种
chēng称
hu呼
。
Qianshou was a term used in the Qin Dynasty to address common people.
Yú于
shì是
fèi废
xiān先
wáng王
zhī之
dào道
，
fén焚
bǎi百
jiā家
zhī之
yán言
，
yǐ以
yú愚
qián黔
shǒu首
。
Thus he abolished the ways of former kings and burned the books of the hundred schools, in order to fool the common people.