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学而优则仕
xué ér yōu zé shì
What 学而优则仕 means
- one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
The characters in 学而优则仕
- 学xuéto learn; to study; to imitate
- 而érand; as well as; and so
- 优yōuexcellent; superior
- 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
- 仕shìto serve as an official; an official; the two chess pieces in Chinese chess guarding the…
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