common citizens
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ NCH ē m à Iji ā ng, meaning to pull a cart, do small business. Refers to the common people. It comes from the biography of Prince Wei in historical records.
Idioms and allusions
In Sima Qian's biography of Wei Gongzi in historical records in the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that "the Gongzi leads the car into the market, and Hou Sheng meets his guest Zhu Hai."
Idiom usage
It refers to the common people. example because the style is humble, it is the words used by those who lead a car and sell a oar. Lu Xun's the true story of Ah Q and Xiao Fuxing's the two usages of sunshine: "in my childhood, I lived in the courtyard with a lot of people. I didn't live well. I had my own way of life."
common citizens
cook the crane for meat and burn a stringed instrument for fuel -- destroy sth. valuable or fine - zhǔ hè shāo qín
One man is good at shooting, but a hundred men are good at shooting - yī rén shàn shè,bǎi fū jué shí
as beautiful as the jade ornament of a cap -- a handsome man - měi rú guān yù
drag in all sorts of irrelevant matters - dōng lā xī chě
speeches are not in accordance with action - yán bù jí xíng