斗筲之人

dǒu shāo zhī rén

Dictionary entry

a small-minded person

What does 斗筲之人 mean?

斗筲之人 (dǒu shāo zhī rén) has the following dictionary meaning.

1a small-minded person

2a bean-counter

Character breakdown

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斗Dǒuabbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Bei3 dou3 xing1]筲shāopot-scrubbing brush made of bamboo strips · basket (container) for chopsticks 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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斗筲之人

dǒu shāo zhī rén

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