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泥腿子

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1
干泥腿子的活儿
2
当泥腿子
3
看不起泥腿子
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叫他泥腿子

Definition

泥腿子

Literally means:

muddy legs

Actually means:

farmers

It is an impolite address used to refer to farmers. It carries a tone of contempt. Derogatory.

对农民的不礼貌的称呼。含有轻视,看不起的意味。具有贬义色彩。

Example

Used as subject, object or attributive. (作宾语、主语、定语)
1
xiē
那些
zūnzhòng
尊重
nóngmín
农民
  
,
nóngmín
农民
jiàozuò
叫做
tuǐzi
泥腿子
de
rén
  
,
shì
quē
缺乏
jiàoyǎng
教养
de
rén
  

Those who don't respect the peasants and call them mud legs are the ones who lack education.

2
Hěnduō
很多
rén
kànbu
看不起
suǒwèi
所谓
de
tuǐzi
泥腿子
  
,
shì
可是
men
他们
wànwàn
万万
méiyǒu
没有
xiǎngdào
想到
  
,
men
他们
de
xiān
祖先
juéfen
绝大部分
dōu
shì
tuǐzi
泥腿子
  

Many people look down on the so-called mud legs, but they never thought that most of their ancestors were mud legs.

3
Shèhuì
社会
jìn
进步
le
  
,
科技
发达
le
  
,
tuǐzi
泥腿子
jīng
已经
xiàng
qián
以前
  
,
men
他们
yǒu
shù
技术
  
,
yǒu
zhīshi
知识
  

Social progress, science and technology developed, mud legs are not like before, they have technology, knowledge.

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