one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
trad. 學而優則仕
Also written 學而優則仕【xué ér yōu zé shì】
Characters in this word
5学
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to learn, to study, to imitate, science, -ology
- Pinyin
- xué
- Traditional
- 學
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1934 of 2500
而
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and, as well as, and so, but (not), yet (not), (indicates causal relation), (indicates change of state), (indicates contrast)
- Pinyin
- ér
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 131 of 2500
优
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excellent, superior
- Pinyin
- yōu
- Traditional
- 優
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 19942 of 2500
则
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(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
- Pinyin
- zé
- Traditional
- 則
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2398 of 2500
仕
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to serve as an official, an official, the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the "general" or "king" 將|将[jiang4]
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 5