小人物

yī wèi zhèng tán xiǎo rén wù

一位政坛小人物

a political nonentity

xiǎo rén wù de shì jiè yě tóng yàng jīng cǎi

小人物的世界也同样精彩。

The world of average people is just as colourful.

tā rèn shi tā zhī qián zhǐ shì gè xiǎo rén wù

他认识她之前只是个小人物。

He was just a nobody before he met her.