烝民

zhēngmín
  1. people
  2. the masses

CEDICT

  1. (literary) the common people; the populace; the masses; the multitudes
  2. the common people; the populace; the masses; the multitudes

Wiktionary

  1. 众民、百姓。《诗经．大雅．烝民》：「天生烝民，有物有则。」也作「蒸民」。
  2. 《诗经．大雅》的篇名。共八章。根据诗序：「烝民，尹吉甫美宣王也。」或亦指宣王命仲　山甫筑城于齐，尹吉甫作此诗以送之。首章二句为：「天生烝民，有物有则。」烝，众也。

重編國語辭典

平民百姓；民众；群众

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 烝 zhēng
  1. multitudinous
  2. the masses
  3. to present (to sb)
  4. to rise
  5. to advance
  6. to progress
  7. archaic variant of 蒸 zhēng
2 民 mín
  1. (bound form) the people
  2. inhabitants of a country

Related entries

人们 rénmen people
人們渴望和平。

People want peace.

Source: Tatoeba

子民 zǐmín people
烝黎 zhēnglí
  1. people
  2. the masses
人口 rénkǒu
  1. population
  2. people
人口正在增長。

The population is growing.

Source: Tatoeba

有人 yǒurén
  1. someone
  2. people
  3. anyone
  4. there is someone there
  5. occupied (as in restroom)
这里有人

Somebody's in here.

Source: Tatoeba

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