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处士
chǔ​shì

reclusive scholar

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 处 處 chǔ
    staying at home
    (literary) Staying at home; (of a woman) to be unmarried; (of a scholar) to live in retirement and not take office.
  2. 士 shì noun
    scholar
    (bound form) scholar; intellectual; member of the educated class in ancient China, as in the phrase 士农工商 shì​nóng​gōng​shāng