- 小人物 xiǎorénwù nonentitya person of little importance or low social status
- 小人书 xiǎorénshū picture bookchildren's picture story book
- 小人得志 xiǎoréndézhì arrogant upstartan inferior person becomes conceited and arrogant after gaining power or success
- 势利小人 shìlixiǎorén snobsnob; a person who fawns on the powerful and looks down on the poor
- 小人精 xiǎorénjīng precocious childan exceptionally bright or clever child who often acts or speaks with the maturity of an adult
- 君子坦荡荡，小人长戚戚 jūnzitǎndàngdàng, xiǎorénchángqīqī moral equanimitythe virtuous are at peace with themselves, while the wicked are always anxious
- 大人不记小人过 dàrénbùjìxiǎorénguò magnanimousa person of great moral stature does not remember the offenses committed by one of low moral stature
- 以小人之心，度君子之腹 yǐxiǎorénzhīxīn, duójūnzǐzhīfù projecting motivesto gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
