士大夫 shì dà fū — scholar-officials; the literati and officialdom

士大夫
shì dà fū

Characters: 士 · 大 · 夫

Definitions

  1. scholar-officials; the literati and officialdom

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. scholar officials

ExtDict

  1. 古代官僚阶层。也指有名望有学问的读书人自少便在士大夫家庭里熏陶出来｜充乎士大夫之列。

Examples

  • 古代士大夫以天下为己任。

    Ancient scholar-officials took the world's welfare as their own responsibility.

  • 他出身士大夫家庭。

    He came from a scholar-official family.