士农工商 — Chinese idiom
士农工商
shì nóng gōng shāng
Traditional: 士農工商
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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