萬民
See also: 万民
Chinese
ten thousand; a great number; surname | the people; nationality; citizen | ||
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trad. (萬民) | 萬 | 民 | |
simp. (万民) | 万 | 民 |
Pronunciation
Noun
萬民
- (archaic) all of the citizens; the citizenry
- 斷木為杵,掘地為臼,臼杵之利,萬民以濟。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: I Ching, 11th – 8th century BCE
- Duàn mù wèi chǔ, jué dì wèi jiù, jiùchǔ zhī lì, wànmín yǐ jì. [Pinyin]
- They cut wood and fashioned it into pestles; they dug in the ground and formed mortars. Thus the myriads of the people received the benefit arising from the use of the pestle and mortar.
断木为杵,掘地为臼,臼杵之利,万民以济。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
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