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下士

xià shì

2-character word

What 下士 means

1. lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)

The characters in 下士

• 下xiàdown; downwards; below
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

Words containing 下士

• 礼贤下士lǐ xián xià shìrespect for the wise

Sounds the same

Read xià shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 下世to die; future incarnation; next life
• 下视to look down from above; (fig.) to look down on; to despise