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人心肉造
Mandarin: ren2xin1 rou4 zao4
all human beings are capable of having emotions and sympathy afterall [written and colloquial]
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人心隔肚皮
Mandarin: ren2 xin1 ge2 du4 pi2
cannot judge one is a good person by its look (slang)
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人急智生
Mandarin: ren2 ji2 zhi4 sheng1
sharp or quick-witted while emergency or desperate
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人性
Mandarin: ren2 xing4
human nature
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人情
Mandarin: ren2 qing2
monetary gift for one's wedding (Cantonese)
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人情味
human touch - to possess humane qualities
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人情紙咁薄
Cantonese
human decency is thin like paper (i.e., don't expect decency from people)
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人情紙咁薄
Mandarin: ren2 qing2 zhi3 gan1 bo2
Simplified: 人情纸咁薄
Cantonese
Literal | Direct translation: Favor is as thin as a piece of paper – Describes the situation where a person is not getting any favor from the person he | she has asked.
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人情薄過紙
Mandarin: ren2 qing2 bo2 guo4 zhi3
Simplified: 人情薄过纸
human relationship is thinner than a paper, which means a relationship can be very weak
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人慾
human desires
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人手
Mandarin: ren2 shou3
(noun) Workforce
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人手不足
Mandarin: ren2 shou3 bu4 zu2
short-handed
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人手操作
manual operation
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人才
Mandarin: ren2 cai2
a talented person; human resources
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人才外流
Mandarin: ren2 cai2 wai4 liu2
brain drain
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人才輩出
Mandarin: ren2 cai2 bei4 chu1
Simplified: 人才辈出
batches of talented people arise amongst generations
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人數
Mandarin: ren2 shu4
number of people
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人文主義
Mandarin: ren2 wen2 zhu3 yi4
humanism
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人文學
Mandarin: ren2 wen2 xue2
humanities (course of study)
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人文社會學科
Mandarin: ren2 wen2 she4 hui4 xue2 ke1
humanities and social sciences
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人文社科
Mandarin: ren2 wen2 she4 ke1
(abbr.) humanities and social sciences
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人日
Mandarin: ren2 ri4
[1] Everybody's Birthday ― the seventh day of the first month of the Chinese Lunar Calendar (正月初七). In old China, people celebrated this day as their birthday, rather than on their actual date of birth [2] man-days
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人日
Mandarin: ren2 ri4
Human Day, on the 7th day of first month for the lunar calendar, the day when human being were made
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人旺
Mandarin: ren2 wang4
Cantonese
bustling with noise and excitement; lots of people
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人有三急
need to go to the toilet
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人有三衰六旺
Mandarin: ren2 you3 san1 shuai1 liu4 wang4
one has three bad and six good fortunes, which means a person's life has ups and downs
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人有我有
Mandarin: ren2 you3 wo3 you3
one wanting an item not because of need, but just because lots of people have one
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人板
Mandarin: ren2 ban3
a real life sample, role model to other people
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人格
Mandarin: ren2 ge2
[1] personality; integrity [2] dignity
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人格分裂
Mandarin: ren2 ge2 fen1 lie4
personality split; disassociation of personality
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