仕途
shì tú
Pinyin

Definition

仕途
 - 
shì tú
  1. official career (formal)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

前途
qián tú
  1. 1 prospects
  2. 2 future outlook
  3. 3 journey
旅途
lǚ tú
  1. 1 journey
  2. 2 trip
途中
tú zhōng
  1. 1 en route
长途
cháng tú
  1. 1 long distance
中途
zhōng tú
  1. 1 midway

Idioms (13)

假途灭虢
jiǎ tú miè Guó
  1. 1 lit. a short-cut to crush Guo (idiom); fig. to connive with sb to damage a third party, then turn on the partner
半途而废
bàn tú ér fèi
  1. 1 to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished
命途多舛
mìng tú duō chuǎn
  1. 1 to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)
学而优则仕
xué ér yōu zé shì
  1. 1 one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
日暮途穷
rì mù tú qióng
  1. 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
  2. 2 at a dead end

Sample Sentences

话说回来，李白要是仕途顺利，也许就写不出那么多伟大的诗篇了。
huàshuōhuílai ，Lǐ Bái yàoshì shìtú shùnlì ，yěxǔ jiù xiě bù chū nàme duō wěidà de shīpiān le 。
To return to what we were saying before, if Li Bai had had a successful political career, then perhaps he wouldn't have written so many great poems.
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