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Open the tool →市井之徒 (shì jǐng zhī tú) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Vulgar and uncultured common folk”.
市井之徒 is pronounced shì jǐng zhī tú in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 市井之徒 means “Marketplace and street people”. It is used to mean “Vulgar and uncultured common folk”.
徒:人(含贬义)。旧指做买卖的人或街道上没有受过教育的人。