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Definition(s) for: 学而优则仕

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
学而优则仕 xué ér yōu zé shì - one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 77,524 87,739

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
xué- to learn
- to study
- to imitate
- science
- -ology
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
yōu- excellent
- superior
- (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
- (bound form) standard; norm
- (bound form) principle
- (literary) to imitate; to follow
- classifier for written items
shì- to serve as an official
- an official
- the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]

Other Words Containing 学而优则仕

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo