{"path":"/entry/31350","title":"学而优则仕 / 學而優則仕 (xué ér yōu zé shì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"学而优则仕 / 學而優則仕 (xué ér yōu zé shì): one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":31350,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["学而优则仕"],"TRADITIONAL":["學而優則仕"]}},"phonetic":"xué ér yōu zé shì","phoneticKey":"xue2 er2 you1 ze2 shi4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":[],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Analects, Book 19 (《論語·子張》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"子夏曰：『仕而优则学，学而优则仕。』","traditional":"子夏曰：『仕而優則學，學而優則仕。』"},"phonetic":"Zǐxià yuē: ‘Shì ér yōu zé xué, xué ér yōu zé shì.’","english":"Zixia said, \"The officer, having discharged all his duties, should devote his leisure to learning. The student, having completed his learning, should apply himself to be an officer.\"","ref":"The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}