学而优则仕 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 學而優則仕 xuééryōuzéshì ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄦˊ ㄧㄡ ㄗㄜˊ ㄕˋ one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) Character by character 学(xué)learn 而(ér)and 优(yōu)excellent 则(zé)then 仕(shì)serve as an official A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0