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有志之士

yǒu zhì zhī shì

4-character word

What 有志之士 means

1. idiomperson committed to a noble cause or ideal

The characters in 有志之士

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 士shìmember of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor

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