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teacher / gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor / CL:
HSK 1
teacher / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
teacher / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
teachers and students
HSK 6
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
tutor / teacher / academic advisor
HSK 7-9
qualified teacher
HSK 7-9
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc) / to bring a lawsuit
HSK 7-9
(of a teacher) to do one's lesson preparation
HSK 7-9
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
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  *脩* | 脩* | *脩
dried meat presented by pupils to their teacher at their first meeting (in ancient times) / dried; withered
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars) / (used sarcastically) pedant
teacher / instructor / CL: 個|个
to teach / to be a teacher / to train / to coach
Xu Beihong (1895-1953), famous European-trained painter and influential art teacher
to work as a teacher
to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher
lama, spiritual teacher in Tibetan Buddhism
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
teachers of the state
teacher / master
Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
term of respect for a teacher's wife / sorceress
junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) / to clarify doubts
platform; podium; rostrum / lectern / (teacher's) desk
to gesture / to gesticulate / to practice the moves of a martial art by imitating the teacher / to fight / to come to blows
to work as a teacher; to teach (in a school)
to give classes / to work as a teacher
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
(greatly respected) teacher
term of respect for a teacher's wife
to teach as substitute for absent teacher
teacher's pointer
teacher in charge of a class
famous master / great teacher
see a worthy, think to imitate (idiom, from Analects); emulate the virtuous / Follow the example of a virtuous and wise teacher.
model teacher of every age (idiom) / eternal paragon / refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子
teacher / one's teacher
(PRC) teacher by negative example / sb from whom one can learn what not to do
primary school teacher
teacher's strike
(of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another, abbr. for 薪盡火傳|薪尽火传
(Tw) teacher in charge of a class / homeroom teacher
to study under (a teacher)
coach (teacher or trainer)
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  *师* | 师* | *师
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
(of a relationship) improper (adulterous, incestuous, teacher-student etc) / unseemly
term used by a teacher or master to refer to themself when speaking to their student
the teacher's seat
private teacher / preceptor
teacher's husband
lit. the flame of a burning piece of firewood passes on to the rest (idiom) / fig. (of knowledge, skill etc) to be passed on from teachers to students, one generation to another
(Tw) teacher in charge of a class / homeroom teacher
(of a lazy or incompetent teacher) to hamper students' progress / (of media) to propagate errors / to lead people astray
parent-teacher conference / parents' association
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 闍梨|阇梨
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
preschool teacher (abbr. for 幼兒教師|幼儿教师)
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone
teacher's college / normal school
banquet hosted by students in honor of their teachers
teach in peace (polite phrase to end a letter to a teacher)
(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 阿闍梨|阿阇梨
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈)
Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
If sb has grasped the truth before you, take him as your teacher (Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈). / We should learn from one who knows the way.
normal university / teacher training college
to acknowledge as one's teacher
when you teach someone, both teacher and student will benefit
hack teacher / pedagogue
As the teacher, so the pupil. (idiom)
self-taught / to learn without a teacher (idiom)
to seek a teacher desiring to study
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 阿闍黎|阿阇黎


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