idiom > (orig.) trades people
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Shijingzhitu
  Explanation: Acts: people (including derogatory). Refers to doing business the old streets of the person or persons with no education.
  Usage: Partial official; as object, attribute; containing derogatory
  Source: Ming Feng Meng, "Eastern Zhou Zhi" 35 back: "Three hundred people, all in Lane Shijingzhitu, Xiejianchanxiao of the generation."
  Examples: Served by the DPRK Red Fu Xuan car who, three hundred people, all in Lane ~, Xiejianchanxiao bidding. (Ming Feng Meng, "Eastern Zhou Chi," the thirty-fifth back)
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  发音 shì jǐng zhī tú
  释义 徒:人(含贬义)。旧指做买卖的人或街道上没有受过教育的人。
  出处 《管子·小匡》:“处商必就市井。”《孟子·万章下》:“在国曰市井之臣,在野曰草莽之臣,皆谓庶人。”
  示例 朝中服赤芾乘轩车者,三百余人,皆里巷~,胁肩谄笑之辈。(明·冯梦龙《东周列国志》第三十五回)
  典故 在古代,开一口井是非常困难的事,为了水源,人们就会聚居在井的附近,渐渐就成为当时的市集,称为市井,至于市井之徒呢就是指混迹于市井,身份低微的贩夫走卒,当时刘邦做泗水亭亭长时,他是一个身份低微的小官吏,和他称兄道弟的朋友,夏侯婴是一个赶马车的,樊哙是杀狗的屠狗之辈,在当时来说呢,他们是典型的市井之徒
English Expression
  1. n.:  (orig.) trades people,  vulgar people who place money before everything else,  in life
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street dog