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K人

K rén

1. 1 (slang) to hit sb
2. 2 to beat sb

一个人 | 一個人

yī gè rén

1. 1 by oneself (without assistance)
2. 2 alone (without company)

一人得道，鸡犬升天 | 一人得道，雞犬升天

yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān

1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

一家人

yī jiā rén

1. 1 household
2. 2 the whole family

一般人

yī bān rén

1. 1 average person

一鸣惊人 | 一鳴驚人

yī míng jīng rén

1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity

七旬老人

qī xún lǎo rén

1. 1 septuagenarian

万人 | 萬人

wàn rén

1. 1 ten thousand people
2. 2 all the people
3. 3 everyman

万人之敌 | 萬人之敵

wàn rén zhī dí

1. 1 a match for ten thousand enemies

万人敌 | 萬人敵

wàn rén dí

1. 1 a match for ten thousand enemies

万人空巷 | 萬人空巷

wàn rén kōng xiàng

1. 1 the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate)
2. 2 the whole town turns out

丈人

zhàng rén

1. 1 wife's father (father-in-law)
2. 2 old man

三个女人一个墟 | 三個女人一個墟

sān gè nu:3 rén yī gè xū

1. 1 three women makes a crowd

三个女人一台戏 | 三個女人一臺戲

sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì

1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

三人成虎

sān rén chéng hǔ

1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact

三人行

sān rén xíng

1. 1 (slang) threesome

三人行，则必有我师 | 三人行，則必有我師

sān rén xíng , zé bì yǒu wǒ shī

1. 1 If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)

三人行，必有我师 | 三人行，必有我師

sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī

1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone

下里巴人

xià lǐ bā rén

1. 1 variant: folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國 Chǔ Guó
2. 2 popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yáng chūn bái xuě], highbrow art forms)

不为人知 | 不為人知

bù wéi rén zhī

1. 1 not known to anyone
2. 2 secret
3. 3 unknown