学而优则仕 (xué ér yōu zé shì) — one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom) · Chinese · Nantoka

xué ér yōu zé shì

Traditional: 學而優則仕

学而优则仕 (xué ér yōu zé shì) is a Chinese word meaning “one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)”.

Meanings

1one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)

Characters in 学而优则仕

学xué · to learn 而ér · and 优yōu · excellent 则zé · (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then 仕shì · to serve as an official

Related words

而and 而且(not only ...) but also 学校school 学to learn 而已that's all 大学university 大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism 否则otherwise; if not; or (else)学生student 学习to learn 而是rather 则(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

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