下里巴人 in English xia4 li3 ba1 ren2 Meaning

Meanings

• folk songs of the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2]
• popular art forms (cf. 陽春白雪|阳春白雪[yang2 chun1 bai2 xue3], highbrow art forms)

Pinyin

xia4 li3 ba1 ren2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

下xia4down 里li3variant of 裡|里[li3] 巴ba1Ba state during Zhou dynasty (in east of modern Sichuan) 人ren2man