师 shī

teacher, master, specialist

HSK 1 #333

DEFINITIONS

  • teacher, master, specialist
  • surname Shi
  • teacher
  • master
  • expert
  • model
  • army division
  • (old) troops
  • to dispatch troops

STROKES

WORDS

师丈 shī zhàng teacher's husband
师兄弟 shī xīng dì fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
师出有名 shī chū yǒu míng lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom); to do something with good reason; to have just cause
师出无名 shī chū wú míng lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom); to act without justification
师友 shī yǒu friend from whom you can seek advice
师古 shī gǔ following the ways of old; in imitation of ancient style
师夷长技以制夷 shī yí cháng jì yǐ zhì yí "learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源[Wei4 Yuan2]
师奶 shī nǎi married woman of mature age
师宗 shī zōng Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan
师宗县 shī zōng xiàn Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖[Qu3 jing4], Yunnan
师尊 shī zūn teacher; master
师母 shī mǔ term of respect for your teacher's wife
师父领进门，修行在个人 shī fu lǐng jìn mén ， xiū xíng zài gè rén the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you; you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
师范大学 shī fàn dà xué normal university; teacher training college
师范学院 shī fàn xué yuàn teacher's college; normal school
师表 shī biǎo paragon of virtue and learning; exemplary character
厨师长 chú shī zhǎng executive chef; head chef
律师事务所 lǜ shī shì wù suǒ law firm
御用大律师 yù yòng dà lǜ shī Queen's Counsel
投师 tóu shī to join a guru for instruction
拜人为师 bài rén wéi shī to acknowledge as one's teacher
教师爷 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house; (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
文殊师利菩萨 wén shū shī lì pú sà Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of keen awareness
星相师 xīng xiàng shī astrologer
有其师，必有其徒 yǒu qí shī ， bì yǒu qí tú As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
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