xià​céng

lower class

下层 (下層) xià​céng
lower class directional
the social or organizational strata consisting of people with less status, power, or wealth

Most of this author's novels focus on the lower classes of society.

underlayer directional
a physical layer that lies beneath another layer or surface; substrate

The lower layer of the Earth's crust is primarily composed of hard rock.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
3.38 per million

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