私塾
sī shú
Pinyin

Definition

私塾
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sī shú
  1. private school (in former times)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

私人
sī rén
  1. 1 private
  2. 2 personal
  3. 3 interpersonal
  4. 4 sb with whom one has a close personal relationship
  5. 5 a member of one's clique
私信
sī xìn
  1. 1 private correspondence
  2. 2 personal letter
  3. 3 (computing) personal message (PM)
  4. 4 to message sb
自私
zì sī
  1. 1 selfish
  2. 2 selfishness
无私
wú sī
  1. 1 selfless
  2. 2 unselfish
  3. 3 disinterested
  4. 4 altruistic
私
sī
  1. 1 personal
  2. 2 private
  3. 3 selfish

Idioms (13)

以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
  1. 1 to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
假公济私
jiǎ gōng jì sī
  1. 1 official authority used for private interests (idiom); to attain private ends by abusing public position
公而忘私
gōng ér wàng sī
  1. 1 for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically
  2. 2 selfless
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
官私合营
guān sī hé yíng
  1. 1 public and private interests working together (idiom)

Sample Sentences

问得好！以前，只有贵族子弟才有权利受教育，但孔子认为，教育应该不分贵贱，不分国界，每个人都有受教育的权利。所以他创办了私塾，培养人才。据说他有弟子三千，可以说是“桃李满天下”！
wèn de hǎo ！yǐqián ，zhǐyǒu guìzú zǐdì cái yǒu quánlì shòu jiàoyù ，dàn Kǒngzǐ rènwéi ，jiàoyù yīnggāi bùfēn guì jiàn ，bùfēn guójiè ，měi ge rén dōu yǒu shòu jiàoyù de quánlì 。suǒyǐ tā chuàngbàn le sīshú ，péiyǎng réncái 。jùshuō tā yǒu dìzǐ sānqiān ，kěyǐ shuō shì “táolǐ mǎn tiānxià ”！
Good question! In the past, only the sons of noblemen had the right to an education. However, Confucius believed that education shouldn't be provided based on economic status or political borders and that everyone had the right to an education. Therefore, he established a private school in order to cultivate people's talents. It's said that he had over 3,000 disciples. You could say that he had tons of disciples from all over the place!
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