芸芸众生

蕓蕓眾生
yúnyún-zhòngshēng
idiom #35,212

Meanings

  1. 1 the teeming masses
  2. 2 all living beings
  3. 3 ordinary people

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zài yúnyún-zhòngshēng zhōng, néng yùdào zhīyīn zhēnshì nándé.
Among the teeming masses, it's truly rare to meet a kindred spirit.
HSK 7-9
Tā bùgānxīn zuò yúnyún-zhòngshēng zhōng de yī yuán, xiǎng huó chū zìjǐ de tèsè.
He refuses to be just one more face in the crowd; he wants to live distinctively.

Tips

history
Roots in both Daoist and Buddhist texts - 《老子》 uses 芸芸 for the flourishing multiplicity of things, and 众生 is the Buddhist term for all sentient beings. Now usually secular, referring to ordinary people in the mass.

Stroke Order

yún
zhòng
shēng