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小卒

xiǎo zú
HSK 7

English Meaning

foot soldier; minor figure; a nobody; (chess) pawn

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你这种小卒也敢拦我
HSK 6 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“You are a nobody and completely out of your league against me.”

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真是奇了怪了

“How strange.”

“How dare a pawn like you stop me?”

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杀你这个造反老头

“To kill a rebellious old man like you,”

《逐玉》 · crisis_and_conflict
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好像还只是望城守军里的一个小卒
HSK 3 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“Given his capabilities, it is shocking that he is merely a low-ranking grunt now.”

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曾在阿爹麾下做先锋营 但现在的他看起来

“he was a vanguard under my father's command. But now, he seems to be”

“a foot soldier among Wangcheng troops.”

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梁蔷

“Liang Qiang.”

《翘楚》 · historical_and_court
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他从一个锦衣玉食的公子哥 沦为边关小卒
HSK 2 00:03
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💡 INTENT:

“Someone who fell from heaven to hell like him is definitely driven by bitter hatred.”

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却因错投而遭满门流放

“But they were exiled for taking the wrong side.”

“He turned from a rich young man into a frontier soldier.”

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心中岂会无怨 - 无恨? - 有怨有恨

“How would he not resent it or hate it? Resentment and hatred”

《翘楚》 · historical_and_court
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