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三教九流
sān jiào jiǔ liú
What 三教九流 means
- the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)
- fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
The characters in 三教九流
- 三sānthree; 3
- 教jiāoto teach; to instruct
- 九jiǔnine; 9
- 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread
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