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小卒

xiǎozú

“Foot soldier” in Chinese is 小卒 (xiǎozú).

Meaning

  • foot soldier
  • minor figure
  • a nobody
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  • (chess) pawn

Example

他不过是个无名小卒而已。

He is just a Mr Nobody.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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Not to be confused with: 小组 (xiǎozǔ, group)