拂士

Chinese

		brush away	scholar; warrior; knight
simp. and trad. (拂士)		拂	士

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˋ ㄕˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìshìh
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: bì-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bihshyh
    • Palladius: биши (biši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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Noun

拂士

1. (Classical) capable and virtuous man who assists in matters of governance

   • 入則無法家拂士，出則無敵國外患者，國恆亡。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     入则无法家拂士，出则无敌国外患者，国恒亡。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Rù zé wú fǎjiā bìshì, chū zé wú díguó wàihuàn zhě, guó héng wáng. [Pinyin]

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