学而优则仕

xué ér yōu zé shì

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Definitions

  1. 1. one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)

Child Words of 学而优则仕

优
yōu

excellent

则
zé

(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then

学
xué

to learn

而
ér

and

仕
shì

to serve as an official