張ちょう三さん李り四し

noun

ordinary person; average Joe; nobody special

A literary yojijukugo referring to common, unremarkable people, often with a dismissive or humble nuance. Rare in modern conversation; mostly encountered in older texts or as a set phrase.

• 彼かれは張ちょう三さん李り四しの一人ひとりに過すぎない。

  He is nothing more than an ordinary person.