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

芸 yún
众 zhòng
生 shēng