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military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
teacher / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
astrologer
Beijing Normal University
secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校)
masseur; massage therapist
cook / chef
HSK 6
teacher / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
If three walk together, one of them can teach me sth (Confucius)
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
teachers and students
HSK 6
north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
designer / architect
HSK 6
analyst / commentator
accountant
(slang) hairdresser
nurse
young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate
to vow before one's troops
resident physician
used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker
HSK 6
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
one's late teacher
famous master / great teacher
capital of a country (literary)
engineer / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
lawyer
HSK 4
astrologer
lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification
the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink
(neologism) (slang) barber; hairdresser
model teacher of every age (idiom) / eternal paragon / refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子
make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
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teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
to study under (a teacher)
pedicurist
to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
photographer; cinematographer; cameraman
HSK 5
junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
friend from whom you can seek advice
imperial tutor
revered master
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
law firm
to withdraw troops from the front / to return in triumph
normal university / teacher training college
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone
to launch a punitive campaign / to condemn scathingly
lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom) / to do something with good reason / to have just cause
teacher's college / normal school
certified public accountant
(old) military counselor / (coll.) trusted adviser
fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
architect
HSK 7-9
to dispatch troops / to send an army / to mobilize forces
"learn from the foreigners in order to gain command of them", idea advocated by Wei Yuan 魏源
actuary
executive chef / head chef
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
barista
great master / master
HSK 6
to like to lecture others (idiom)
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学)
married woman of mature age
(aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator
mechanic / engineer / machinist / machine operator / CL: 個|个,
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 5
military auxiliaries (archaic)
one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master
tutor
term of respect for a teacher's wife / sorceress
(Tw) teacher in charge of a class / homeroom teacher
knowledge worker
East China Normal University (abbr. for 華東師範大學|华东师范大学)
stylist (fashion) / cartoon character designer
to move troops to / (fig.) to move to / to shift to
tutor / teacher / academic advisor
HSK 7-9
master and disciple
musician
magician
navy (in Qing times)
nutritionist / dietitian
hairdresser / beautician (male)
Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
physiotherapist
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
to revere the master and his teaching
(workshop) facilitator
As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
Master of the Nets Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu
bartender
(computing) architect

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