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公民

gōng mín

HSK 3 · word 1486 of 3,000

Meaning

• citizen

Example sentence

Characters in 公民

• 公 gōng public; shared, common
• 民 mín the people; civil, folk

公 public plus 民, the people. A member of the public body, hence a citizen.

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