Word: 士 (shì)

士 dictionary entry

shì: member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker; surname Shi

Full dictionary entry for 士

Example sentences using 士

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人瘦尚可肥，士俗不可医

rén shòu shàngkě féi, shì súbùkěyī

a thin person can still be fattened, but a vulgar scholar cannot be cured
士可杀，不可辱

shì kě shā, bùkě rǔ

a scholar may be killed but not humiliated