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凡人

fán rén · fan ren

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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  1. ordinary person
  2. mortal
  3. earthling
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Not a mortal runner

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)每天(měitiān)跑(pǎo)十(shí)公里(gōnglǐ)？你(nǐ)一定(yīdìng)不是(bùshì)凡人(fánrén)！

    You run ten kilometres every day? You are surely no ordinary person!

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)是(shì)凡人(fánrén)，我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)才(cái)跑(pǎo)了(le)一(yī)公里(gōnglǐ)。

    I am an ordinary person. I only ran one kilometre yesterday.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)手机(shǒujī)里(lǐ)怎么(zěnme)有(yǒu)十(shí)公里(gōnglǐ)的(de)记录(jìlù)？

    Then how come your phone shows a ten-kilometre record?

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)骑(qí)自行车(zìxíngchē)的(de)时候(shíhou)，手机(shǒujī)以为(yǐwéi)我(wǒ)在(zài)跑步(pǎobù)。

    When I ride my bike, the phone thinks I am running.

  5. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，凡人(fánrén)也(yě)有(yǒu)凡人(fánrén)的(de)办法(bànfǎ)。

    Fine. Ordinary people have their ways too.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

神(shén)仙(xiān)也(yě)有(yǒu)凡(fán)人(rén)的(de)烦(fán)恼(nǎo)吗(ma)？

Do immortals also have the worries of ordinary people?

02

他(tā)虽(suī)然(rán)是(shì)凡(fán)人(rén)，却(què)做(zuò)出(chū)了(le)不(bù)平(píng)凡(fán)的(de)事(shì)。

Although he is an ordinary person, he has done extraordinary things.

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