small tradesmen and porters(fàn fū zōu zú)

small tradesmen and porters

Peddler is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is f à NF à Z à uz ú, which means peddler and servant. A person of low status. The source is the epitaph of Wang Zhongqu.

The origin of Idioms

According to the epitaph of Wang Zhongqu written by Gong Zizhen in Qing Dynasty, "it is well known that Wang Juren was a peddler in the south of the great river, in the north of the great river, in the south of Fujian, Guangdong and Rehe."

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it refers to people of low social status. The life of a peddler is also very down-to-earth.

Chinese PinYin : fàn fū zōu zú