学而优则仕

xué ér yōu zé shì

Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 学而优则仕

• 优 优 yōu: excellent
• 则 则 zé: (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then
• 学 学 xué: to learn
• 而 而 ér: and
• 仕 仕 shì: to serve as an official