Read Edit View history 士大夫 shìdàfū scholar-officials Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 士大夫 shìdàfū scholar-officials (literary) the educated elite of ancient China, including both government officials and scholars of high social standing; literati soldiers (literary) general term for officers and soldiers in ancient times literary elite hereditary scholarly clans or the landed gentry in medieval China Frequency Written text 1.15 per million Cross-References Synonym 士族 shìzú士子 shìzǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
士大夫 shìdàfū scholar-officials (literary) the educated elite of ancient China, including both government officials and scholars of high social standing; literati soldiers (literary) general term for officers and soldiers in ancient times literary elite hereditary scholarly clans or the landed gentry in medieval China Frequency Written text 1.15 per million Cross-References Synonym 士族 shìzú士子 shìzǐ Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)