士农工商 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• "the four classes" of ancient China, i.e. scholars, farmers, artisans, and merchants

Character by character

• 士shìscholar, gentleman; soldier
• 农nóngagriculture, farming; farmer
• 工gōnglabor, work; laborer, worker
• 商shāngcommerce, business, trade

Idioms sharing a character

• 仁人志士 rén rén zhì shì
• 仁人义士 rén rén yì shì
• 博士买驴 bó shì mǎi lǘ
• 志士仁人 zhì shì rén rén
• 招贤纳士 zhāo xián nà shì
• 敬贤礼士 jìng xián lǐ shì
• 有志之士 yǒu zhì zhī shì
• 有识之士 yǒu shí zhī shì
• 弃农经商 qì nóng jīng shāng
• 偷工减料 tōu gōng jiǎn liào

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