Definition

1. Noun:
   • A poor person; a person of low social status: "cùng nhân" is an archaic term referring to a poor, destitute, or lowly person, often part of the common masses or lower class in historical contexts.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong xã hội phong kiến, cùng nhân thường phải chịu nhiều thiệt thòi. (In feudal society, the poor/commoners often had to endure many disadvantages.)
  • Lòng thương của ông ấy luôn hướng về những cùng nhân khốn khó. (His compassion always went out to the destitute poor.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily found in historical, literary, or formal contexts to describe the socio-economic conditions of the past. It is rarely used in modern everyday conversation.

Variants and Related Words

• Cùng khổ (adj): Destitute, impoverished.
  • Cuộc sống cùng khổ (A destitute life)
• Bần cùng (adj/n): Extreme poverty; the state of being utterly poor.
  • Cảnh bần cùng (A scene of utter poverty)
• Thường dân (n): Commoner, ordinary people (a more modern and neutral term).

Synonyms

• Kẻ nghèo hèn: A poor and lowly person.
• Kẻ khốn khó: A wretched/destitute person.

Related Idioms

• Cùng nhân bách tính: A classical phrase meaning "the common people and the hundred clans," referring to the general populace.
  • Chính sách ấy ảnh hưởng đến cùng nhân bách tính. (That policy affected the common people.)