士林 shìlín literary circles Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents shìlín literary circles 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林 lín circles (bound form) a specific group of people or social circleshìlín Shilin 士 shì phonetic 林 lín phonetic