士农工商
shì nóng gōng shāng
Pinyin

Definition

士农工商
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shì nóng gōng shāng
  1. "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

员工
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
商城
Shāng chéng
  1. 1 see 商城縣|商城县[Shāng chéng xiàn]
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
工具
gōng jù
  1. 1 tool
  2. 2 instrument
  3. 3 utensil
  4. 4 means (to achieve a goal etc)
工资
gōng zī
  1. 1 wages
  2. 2 pay
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],月[yuè]
智商
zhì shāng
  1. 1 IQ (intelligence quotient)
特工
tè gōng
  1. 1 secret service
  2. 2 special service
  3. 3 secret service agent
  4. 4 special agent
人士
rén shì
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 figure
  3. 3 public figure
人工
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
供应商
gōng yìng shāng
  1. 1 supplier
侠士
xiá shì
  1. 1 knight-errant
做工
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship
分工
fēn gōng
  1. 1 to divide up the work
  2. 2 division of labor
券商
quàn shāng
  1. 1 securities dealer
  2. 2 share broker
力士
lì shì
  1. 1 strong man
  2. 2 sumo wrestler
加工
jiā gōng
  1. 1 to process
  2. 2 processing
  3. 3 working (of machinery)
勇士
yǒng shì
  1. 1 a warrior
  2. 2 a brave person
务工
wù gōng
  1. 1 to work as a laborer
化工
huà gōng
  1. 1 chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[huà xué gōng yè]
  2. 2 chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[huà xué gōng chéng]
协商
xié shāng
  1. 1 to consult with
  2. 2 to talk things over
  3. 3 agreement

Idioms (20)

仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
  1. 1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
  2. 2 men of vision
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lu:2
  1. 1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
  2. 2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
含商咀徵
hán shāng jǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
商飙徐起
shāng biāo xú qǐ
  1. 1 the autumn breeze comes gently (idiom)
工欲善其事，必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
  1. 1 invite the talented and call the valorous (idiom); to recruit talent
敬贤礼士
jìng xián lǐ shì
  1. 1 to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)
有商有量
yǒu shāng yǒu liàng
  1. 1 to talk things through (idiom)
  2. 2 to have an exchange of views
有识之士
yǒu shí zhī shì
  1. 1 a person with knowledge and experience (idiom)
弃农经商
qì nóng jīng shāng
  1. 1 to abandon farming and become a businessman (idiom)
无奸不商
wú jiān bù shāng
  1. 1 all businessmen are evil (idiom)
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
良工心苦
liáng gōng xīn kǔ
  1. 1 expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill
  2. 2 A masterpiece demands suffering.
马工枚速
Mǎ gōng Méi sù
  1. 1 Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom)
  2. 2 to each his good points
鬼斧神工
guǐ fǔ shén gōng
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship

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