wǔ​chǐ​zhī​tóng

a young child

Senses

五尺之童 wǔ​chǐ​zhī​tóng a young child

(literary) an underage child. Derived from a passage in Mencius stating that even a child would not be cheated at the market; 'five feet' refers to an ancient measurement representing a short stature.

References

variant 五尺之童/五尺之童 五尺之僮/五尺之僮