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| Processed by: | ycandau (2017-02-23 17:24:12 UTC) |
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<< review queue entry 59735 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> ii LA ~ 世間的人；一般人。 Can it actually mean "common people" (i.e. the masses, *excluding* the elites)? OED @ common Of persons: Undistinguished by rank or position; belonging to the commonalty; of low degree; esp. in phr. the common people, the masses, populace. (Sometimes contemptuous.) LA's definition suggests it's more like "people in general". Similarly, GR says "L'homme; les hommes; tout le monde; le genre humain." TP ~ 楊國樞認為，佛教不認為世人與生俱來就擁有不殺生的能力， Yang Kuo-shu adds that Buddhism does not believe that people innately have the ability to refrain from killing; 透過電視畫面，世人跟著球賽的優勝劣敗，一起歡呼慨嘆； Through the TV screen people around the wide world can share in "the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat." 世人眼光的焦點貓熊， The panda, the focus of world attention, 隨著毒品的危害逐漸被世人了解， As the harmful effects of drugs came to be understood, 完成了世人推崇的民主改革 and achieved democratic reforms acclaimed throughout the earth 每次回歸都風靡世人的哈雷彗星， Halley's Comet, which arouses such excitement among the people of this Earth every time it returns, 世人都以為我和奇異鳥一樣， Most people think that like that bird they call the kiwi, 應該為世人知道。 should be known to the people of the world |
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- 世人 世人 [shi4 ren2] /(common) people/ + 世人 世人 [shi4 ren2] /people (in general)/people around the world/everyone/ |