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小市民

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是小市民
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小市民习气
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小市民阶层
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斤斤计较的小市民
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小市民精明而不高明

Definition

小市民:

Literally means:

urban petty bourgeois, plebeian

Actually means:

It refers to a city dweller who possesses some property, e.g. craftsmen, peddlers, landlords.

It also refers to a city dweller who is narrow-minded and too calculating. In the latter sense, it is derogatory.

城镇中拥有少量资产的人,如手工业者、小商贩、小房东等。

也指作风低俗、斤斤计较、贪小便宜的人。后一种意思含有贬义。

Example

Used as attributive ,subject or object. (作定语、主语、宾语)
1
kàn
  
,
zhèzhǒng
这种
xiǎo
shìmín
市民
biān
一边
zǒu
走路
  
,
biān
一边
chī
guā
瓜子
  
,
guāqiào
瓜子壳
rēng
de
mǎn
dōu
shì
  
,
zhēn
xiànghuà
不像话
  

You see, this kind of small citizen while walking, while eating melon seeds, throwing melon shells all over the ground, it's not like words.

2
shuō
shì
xiǎo
shìmín
市民
  
,
chéngrèn
承认
  
,
zěnme
怎么
shì
jiù
gēn
rén
jīnjīnjiào
斤斤计较
ne
  
?

I said you are a small citizen, you do not admit, but how can you in the event of an accident with people to deal with the pounds?

3
zài
zhènshàng
镇上
kāi
le
xiǎodiàn
小店
  
,
shǔ
属于
xiǎo
shìmín
市民
jiēcéng
阶层
  
,
bìng
shì
gàn
mǎimài
买卖
de
shāngrén
商人
  

He opened a small shop in the town, belonging to the small civic class, not a big businessman.