士大夫 shìdàfū scholar-officials Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents shìdàfū scholar-officials · literary elite 士 shì noun scholar (bound form) scholar; intellectual; member of the educated class in ancient China, as in the phrase 士农工商 shìnónggōngshāng大夫 dàfū senior official senior official in imperial China; a rank below the high ministers but above the scholar-officialsshìdàfū soldiers 士 shì noun soldier (bound form) soldier; troop大夫 dàfū senior official senior official in imperial China; a rank below the high ministers but above the scholar-officials
