升斗小民 [ㄕㄥ ㄉㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄇㄧㄣˊ; sheng1 dou3 xiao3 min2] poor people (idiom) lit. people surviving on 升斗[ㄕㄥ ㄉㄡˇ; sheng1 dou3], wretchedly poor ration in grinding poverty ◄ ►