万世师表 — Chinese idiom
万世师表
wàn shì shī biǎo
Traditional: 萬世師表
Meaning
- model teacher of every age
- eternal paragon
- refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子 (Kǒng zǐ)
Character by character
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 世shìgeneration, era, age; world
- 师shīteacher, professional, master
- 表biǎoto show, to express, to display; outside, appearan
Idioms sharing a character
- 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
- 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
- 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 千恩万谢 qiān ēn wàn xiè
- 千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què
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