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人窮志短 poverty and ambition make strange bedfellows;
人面獸心 a brute under a human mask;
人模狗樣 pretending to be what one is not, also said of a pederast;
人頭畜鳴 an animal in human form;
人中騏驥 (compliment) a very clever child;
人不知，鬼不覺 done in complete secrecy;
人大心大 (usu. of a girl) become gradually more assertive as one grows older;
人小鬼大 a child daring to do great mischief, (facet.) a boy with a high ambition;
人敬不高 to be respected encourages one to be worthy of such respect;
人義水甜 perfect harmony between friends;
人有臉，樹有皮 “face” is as important to man as the bark is to tree;
人命關天 a case involving life and death;
人命案 a case of manslaughter;
人肉巿場 a brothel;
人浮於食 too many workers with little to do;
人浮於事 ditto, more applicants than available jobs;
人定勝天 man is the master of his own fate;
人多嘴雜 a babel of voices, divided counsel, “too many cooks spoil the soup”;
人頭份兒 to share a thing equally among all (“to each a share”);
人傑地靈 a place propitious for giving birth to great men;
人間地獄 a veritable hell on earth;
人間天堂 heaven on earth;
人山人海 huge crowds (“a sea of human beings”);
人生於世 living in a time like this;
to live this life;
人生朝露 the evanescence of life (“human life is like the morning dew”);
人微言輕 (self-derogatory) lowly placed as I am, my words can carry little or no weight;
人言可畏 advice to behave correctly for fear of incurring gossip;
人不可貌相 don't judge anyone by appearances;
做人 behave oneself properly;
為人 to conduct oneself in a certain way;
大人 a superior man (opp. 小人 a mean fellow, a scoundrel), (lit.) a grown-up (opp. 小人 a child);
偉人 a great man.
(2) Everybody: 人皆讚美 praised by one and all;
人人 all without exception;
people in general;
人所共知 as everybody knows.
(3) A grown-up: 他的兒子業已成人了 his son has come of age.
(4) A person of a certain character: 法人 a legal (juridical) person;
自然人 a natural person;
公證人 a notary public;
辯護人 (law) the defense counsel (attorney);
保護人 protector;
申請人 an applicant;
監護人 (law) the guardian of a minor.
人取我與 I will part with whatever others may want;
人一己百 if others succeed by making one ounce of effort, I will make a hundred times as much effort;
己所不欲，勿施於人 don't do to others what you would not have others do to you;
推己及人 do as you would be done by others, judge others as you would like to be judged by others.
2.人表 [ren2biao3], n., a person of exemplary conduct, a paragon of virtue.
3.人稱 [ren2cheng1], (1) n., (gram.) the first, second or third person; (2) a nickname by which a person is known.
4.人臣 [ren2chen2], n., a minister of State.
5.人情 [ren2qing2], n., (1) what comes naturally to man, what is inherent in human nature; (2) a favor done to s.o.; (3) a present (gift); (4) a wedding or birthday party, a funeral service, (5) attendance at such a party or service; (6) affection, love, personal attachment; (7) a gesture of kindness or generosity: 人情貨 a person holding a job on the strength of a recommendation by an influential individual; 人情兒 a favor done to another; 人情味（兒）genuine human warmth.
6.人權 [ren2qUan2], n., the rights of man, human rights: 人權宣言 (Fr. history) Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen; 人權法案 (British history) the Bill of Rights of 1689.
7.人群 [ren2qUn2], n., (1) a crowd of people; (2) mankind: 人群兒 ([ren2qUe2er0]) a crowd.
8.人道 [ren2dao4], n., (1) kindness, humanity, mercy: 人道主義 humanitarianism; (2) sexual intercourse: 不能人道 impotency,-t; (3) (Budd.) the stage of human existence.
9.人燈 [ren2deng1], n., a person thin and frail (“like a lamppost”).
10.人地 [ren2di4], n., the environment in which a person finds himself: 人地生疏 (be placed) in an unfamiliar environment; 人地不宜 finding oneself in an unsuitable environment.
11.人丁 [ren2ding1], n., (1) persons who have come of age; (2) people in general.
12.人堆兒 [ren2dueer0], n., a crowd of people.
13.人犯 [ren2fan4], n., a criminal (suspect).
14.人販子 [ren2fan4zi0], n., one who traffics in human beings.
15.人夫 [ren2fu1], n., coolies.
16.人根 [ren2gen1], n., (Budd.) the human reproductive organ.
17.人格 [ren2ge2], n., (1) personal character, personality: 人格化 personify, -ication; (2) a legal entity.
18.人工 [ren2gong1], (1) n., a man-day; (2) n., human effort; (3) adj., artificial, man-made (opp. 自然 natural); 人工呼吸 artificial respiration; 人工呼吸器 respirator; 人工授精 artificial insemination; 人工腎臟 artificial kidney.
19.人股（兒） [ren2gu3]([er0]), n., formerly, annual bonus given to the manager of a business partnership.
20.人海 [ren2hai3], n., huge crowds: 人海浮沈 to experience all the vicissitudes of life; 人海戰術 human wave tactics of warfare.
21.人豪 [ren2hao2], n., the ablest and bravest of men, a man among men.
22.人和 [ren2he2], n., group morale.
23.人話 [ren2hua4], n., seemly words, utterances becoming a decent man.
24.人寰 [ren2huan2], n., the world of men.
25.人戶 [ren2hu4], n., the people.
26.人證 [ren2zheng4], n., testimony given by a witness in a law court.
27.人家 [ren2jia1], n., (1) a dwelling house; (2) s.o. else's home; (3) a high-class family: 清白人家 a decent family; 富貴人家 a rich and politically influential family; (4) a family engaged in a certain occupation: 務農人家 a farm family; 作工的人家 an artisan’s (workingman's) family; (5) a wife: 娶個人家 get married; (6) (*[ren2jia0]) some one, one, used to denote (a) somebody else: 人家的事你不用管 don’t meddle with somebody else's business; [ren2jia0], (b) used to denote others：人家可不能像你那麼胡說 others, another, will not talk such nonsense as you do; (c) or to denote the speaker himself: 你成天拿人家開玩笑 you are making fun of me all the time; (d) to denote persons of a particular class: 男人家 the menfolk, 女人家 womenfolk; 婦道人家 ditto; 女孩人家 girls; [ren2jia1], (7) the husband's family before marriage: 給她找個人家 choose a prospective husband for her; 已經有人家兒了 she is already engaged.
28.人鑑 [ren2jian4], n., a loyal minister who can correct the prince’s failings (“a human mirror in which one's true self is reflected”), (also 人鏡).
29.人間 [ren2jian1], n., (1) this human world, this human life (with all that it may imply): 生於此人間 born into this world of ours; (2) social intercourse: 吾無宦情兼拙於人間 (LL) I don't care to be an official, nor am I a good mixer; 人間味 the flavor of human life; 人間苦 bitter human life.
30.人傑 [ren2jie2], n., a hero among men.
31.人境 [ren2jing4]1, n., human habitations, a place where men make their homes.
32.人鏡 [ren2jing4]2, n., (＝人鑑 [ren2jian4]↑).
33.人精 [ren2jing1], n., a child with the ways of grown-ups; uncanny person.
34.人粥 [ren2zhou1], n., (fig.) a crowded mass of human beings.
35.人眾 [ren2zhong4], n., the masses, the people at large.
36.人中 [ren2zhong1], n., (physiol.) the middle line of upper lip; 人中白 (herb med.) urine sediments used as a drug; 人中黃 (herb med.) a drug to cure fever, made of powdered licorice root put in a bamboo tube and soaked in a cesspool for several months.
37.人主 [ren2zhu3], n., the reigning monarch, ruler.
38.人種 [ren2zhong3], n., the human species, a person's race.
39.人治 [ren2zhi4], n., (Confu.) government by men, the rule of men (opp. 法治 government by law, the rule of law).
40.人爵 [ren2jUe2], n., official titles (opp. 天爵 moral greatness).
41.人君 [ren2jUn1], n., the monarch.
42.人客 [ren2ke4], n., guests (＝客人, opp. 主人 the host).
43.人口 [ren2kou3], n., (1) population: 人口統計 census taking; (2) all the members of a family; (3) the mouth as an organ of speech: 膾炙人口 (of literary works) be spoken of with relish.
44.人兒 [re2er0], n., (1) a person; (2) a concubine; (3) a human figure or picture; (4) a person's looks and conduct.
45.人籟 [ren2lai4], n., sounds of the human voice (opp. 天籟 the sounds of nature).
46.人來瘋 [ren2lai2feng1], n., childish pranks in the presence of guests.
47.人類 [ren2lei1], n., mankind, human beings, humanity at large, the human species.
48.人力 [ren2li4], n., manpower, manual labor, human force; 人力車 a rickshaw; 人力股（兒）＝人股 [ren2gu3]↑.
49.人倫 [ren2lun2], n., (1) ethical relations; (2) personal character.
50.人馬 [ren2ma3], n., (1) coolies and beasts of burden; (2) people on the move as a group; (3) soldiers and horses.
51.人們 [ren2men0], n., people in gen., the indefinite “they”.
52.人面 [ren2mian4], n., the human face: 人面獸心 the brute of a man (“an animal under a human mask”).
53.人命 [ren2ming4], n., human life: 人命官司 a case of murder or manslaughter; 人命攸關 a matter of life and death.
54.人民 [ren2min2], n., the people: 人民陣線 popular front; 人民公社 Commune; 人民票 (幣) currency of Communist China.
55.人謀 [ren2mou2], n., plans (schemes) made by men, opp. god's will.
56.人品 [ren2pin3], n., (1) personal character; (2) personal looks.
57.人人 [ren2ren2], n., everybody: 人人為我，我為人人 all for one and one for all.
58.人瑞 [ren2rui4], n., a great benefactor of men, oft. a venerable highly respected character.
59.人日 [ren2ri4], n., the 7th day of the first lunar month.
60.人勝 [ren2sheng4], n., formerly, ornamental flowers (花勝) or figures cut from colored material and used as presents on the 7th day of the first lunar month.
61.人參 [ren2shen1]1, n., the ginseng.
62.人身 [ren2shen1]2, n., (1) the human body: 人身保護狀 a writ of habeas corpus; (2) man's physical frame: 投生人身 (Budd.) be reincarnated in human form; (3) personal character: 人身權 (law) personal rights.
63.人生 [ren2sheng1], n., the life of man, human life: 人生如夢 life is but a dream: 人生觀 one's outlook on life, philosophy of life.
64.人相 [ren2xiang1]1, n., physiognomy.
65.人像 [ren2xiang4]3, n., a portrait.
66.人性 [ren2xing4], n., (1) human nature (opp. 獸性 animal nature; n., 神性 divine nature); n., (2) human feelings, emotions, and impulses; (3) ([ren2xing0]) a person's temperament and character: 他的人性不好 he is ill-tempered; (4) ([ren2xing0]) man's emotional and rational faculties: 這個人不通人性 this man know nothing of human feelings, remains unmoved and unsympathetic.
67.人心 [ren2xin1], n., (1) a person's disposition; (2) one's inclination: 人心不齊 people are of different minds; (3) human conscience, one's better self: 他要有人心，才怪呢 it would be strange, indeed, if he had a conscience! (4) gratitude: 必有一份人心 I must express my human gratitude; 人心兒 [ren2xie1er0], n., the middle of a crowd: 在人心兒裡站著 stand in the midst of a crowed.
68.人行 [ren2xing2], n., human decency: 他簡直不是人行 he doesn't behave like a man at all; 人行道 a sidewalk.
69.人形兒 [ren2xing2er0], n., a human shape (form).
70.人手 [ren2shou3], n., personnel engaged in a specific task, employees.
71.人壽 [ren2hou4], n., one's span of life; 人壽保險 life insurance.
72.人師 [ren2shi1], n., a person of exemplary conduct.
73.人士 [ren2shi4]1, n., men or scholars in get.
74.人氏 [ren2shi4]2, n., persons born of a particular locality: 就是本地人氏 is a native son here.
75.人巿 [ren2shi4]3, n., a densely populated place.
76.人世 [ren2shi4]4, n., this human world or life.
77.人事 [ren2shi4]5, n., (1) the conscious world: 昏迷過去，人事不知 fainted and lost all consciousness; (2) ways of the world: 不懂人事 ignorant of the ways of the world; (3) human efforts: 盡人事，聽天命 do one's human best and leave all else to God; (4) a present: 送黃金一百兩，權當人事 sent one hundred ounces of gold as a present; (5) sexual knowledge: 她已漸省人事 she is growing to be sex-conscious; (6) personnel affairs: 人事處 (科) personnel department (section).
78.人熊 [ren2xiong2], n., (zoo.) the brown bear.
79.人體 [ren2ti3], n., the human body: 人體美 beauty of the human figure, as exemplified in nudes.
80.人頭兒 [ren2tou2er0], n., one's character, looks or ability.
81.人頭稅 [ren2tou2shui4], n., the poll tax.
82.人才 [ren2cai2] ([ren2cai0]), n., (1) a talented person; (2) good looks: 有幾分人才 pretty good-looking (also wr. 人材).
83.人造 [ren2zao4], adj., artificial, man-made: 人造絲 artificial silk; 人造奶油 (牛油) margarine.
84.人擇 [ren2ze2], n., artificial selection.
85.人望 [ren2wang4], n., social prestige, good repute.
86.人味兒 [ren2weher0], n., the joy of living, joie de vivre: 活著沒人味兒 there is no joy in continuing to live.
87.人位 [ren2wei4], n., (1) personnel: 寶號人位一共多少 how many employees are there in your shop? (2) one's ability and the job he holds: 人位相宜 is the right man for the right job.
88.人為 [ren2wei2], adj., artificial man-made: 人為淘汰 artificial selection (opp. 天然淘汰 natural selection).
89.人文 [ren2wen2], n., human culture: 人文主義 humanism; 人文地理 human (social, anthropo-) geography; 人文科學 the humanities.
90.人物 [ren2wu4], n., (1) an outstanding personage; (2) men and things.
91.人煙 [ren2yan1] ([ren2yan0]), n., (1) smoke from the kitchen chimney; (2) an inhabited area: 人煙稠密 a densely populated locality.
92.人樣 [ren2yang0], n., decent personal appearance or conduct: 把小孩子慣得一點人樣沒有 the child has been so spoiled that he doesn't know how to behave; 人樣兒 the human shape: 許多逃難的都不成人樣兒了 many refugees looked so wretched that they were hardly recognizable as human beings; 人樣子 a good, decent-looking person.
93.人牙子 [ren2ya2zi0], n., formerly, one who traffics in human beings.
94.人言 [ren2yan2], n., (1) human speech; (2) public opinion: 何恤於人言 pay no attention to what others say (of oneself); (3) a rumor: 人言不可信 don't believe rumors.
95.人妖 [ren2yao1], n., (1) a devil in human form, an evil genius; (2) a freak, a person showing abnormal sex characteristics; (3) a person fond of fancy dress and excessive make-up.
96.人影兒 [ren2ying3er0], n., (1) the human form; (2) one's whereabouts.
97.人員 [ren2yUan2]1, n., staff members, personnel.
98.人猿 [ren2yUan2]2, n., the ape, anthropoid.
99.人緣（兒） [ren2yUan2]3 ([ren2yuarer0]), n., ability to like people and be liked
100.人欲 [ren2yU4]1, n., human wants, pleasures of the flesh, esp. those of sex and food.
101.人慾 [ren2yU4]2, n., ditto.
102.人魚 [ren2yU2], n., a mermaid, merman; 美人魚 a good woman swimmer.