張ちょう三さん李り四し

ちょ

う

さ

ん

り

し

Meanings

1

noun

ordinary person; average Joe; nobody special

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

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.