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平民 (píng mín): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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平民 (píng mín): Ordinary people (noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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平民 consists of 2 characters.

flat; level; even; equal

people, populace, commoners

Related Words

More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 平民.

Words with 平

水平shuǐ píngHSK 3
平时píng shíHSK 4
不平bù píng
公平gōng píng
和平hé píng
天平tiān píng
太平tài píng
平价píng jià

Words with 民

民族mín zúHSK 4
人民rén mín
公民gōng mín
农民nóng mín
国民guó mín
居民jū mín
市民shì mín
庶民shù mín

Example Sentences with 平民

wú无

gū辜

de的

píng平

mín民

zài在

zhàn战

zhēng争

zhōng中

zāo遭

yāng殃

。

Innocent civilians suffer in war.

zhàn战

zhēng争

zhōng中

de的

píng平

mín民

cháng常

cháng常

chéng成

zhàn战

zhēng争

qī期

jiān间

，

xǔ许

duō多

wú无

gū辜

píng

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lì历

shǐ史

shàng上

，

yī一

xiē些

tǒng统

wéi为

xī牺

shēng牲

pǐn品

。

Civilians often become victims in war.

平

mín民

bèi被

shā杀

hài害

。

During the war, many innocent civilians were killed.

zhì

治

zhě者

céng曾

tú屠

shā杀

wú无

gū辜

de的

píng平

mín民

。

In history, some rulers massacred innocent civilians.

tán谈

pàn判

dài代

biǎo表

qiáng强

diào调

，

bú不

yìng应

jiāng将

píng平

mín民

dàng当

zuò作

rén人

zhì质

lái来

wēi威

xié胁

duì对

fāng方

。

The negotiator emphasized that civilians should not be used as hostages to threaten the other side.

lì历

shǐ史

zhèng证

míng明

，

qīng轻

qǐ启

gān干

gē戈

wǎng往

wǎng往

huì会

gěi给

píng平

mín民

dài带

lái来

shēn深

zhòng重

zāi灾

nàn难

。

History proves that rashly starting armed conflicts often brings profound disasters to civilians.

zài在

zhàn战

huǒ火

màn蔓

yán延

zhī之

jì际

，

wú无

shù数

píng平

mín民

bèi被

pò迫

xuǎn选

zé择

táo逃

wáng亡

yǐ以

xún寻

qiú求

ān安

quán全

。

As the flames of war spread, countless civilians were forced to flee in search of safety.