下里巴人

xià lǐ bā rén

Dictionary entry

folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]

What does 下里巴人 mean?

下里巴人 (xià lǐ bā rén) has the following dictionary meaning.

1folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]

2popular art forms (contrasted with 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)

Character breakdown

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下xiàdown · downwards 里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]巴BāBa, a state during the Zhou dynasty (in present-day Chongqing and the eastern part of Sichuan) · the east of Sichuan and Chongqing Municipality 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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