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teacher / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
teacher / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
engineer / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 3
lawyer
HSK 4
master / qualified worker / respectful form of address for older men / CL: 個|个, ,
HSK 5
photographer; cinematographer; cameraman
HSK 5
great master / master
HSK 6
teachers and students
HSK 6
used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker
HSK 6
cook / chef
HSK 6
designer / architect
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
architect
HSK 7-9
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teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
one who has mastered the sutras (Buddhism)
tutor
(slang) hairdresser
famous master / great teacher
instructor / lecturer
pharmacist
preschool teacher (abbr. for 幼兒教師|幼儿教师)
chaplain / churchman / clergyman / parson / pastor / priest / rector
master and disciple
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
senior technician; technical expert
doctor
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
to vow before one's troops
wizard / magician
to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher
young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate
teachers of the state
teacher / master
(art) painter
navy (in Qing times)
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
term of respect for a teacher's wife / sorceress
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction
junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
to formally become an apprentice to a master
imperial tutor
capital of a country (literary)
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
honorific title for a Buddhist monk
(greatly respected) teacher
(old) military counselor / (coll.) trusted adviser
paragon of virtue and learning / exemplary character
boxing coach / pugilist master
term of respect for a teacher's wife
Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
married woman of mature age
revered master
secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校)
player of a stringed instrument
(aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator
self-taught / to learn without a teacher (idiom)
musician
to withdraw troops from the front / to return in triumph
friend from whom you can seek advice
to dispatch troops / to send an army / to mobilize forces
don't forget past events, they can guide you in future (idiom); benefit from past experience
to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
lit. to have sufficient reason to send troops (idiom) / to do something with good reason / to have just cause
(derog.) inept advisor / a good-for-nothing adviser / one who offers bad advice
to move troops to / (fig.) to move to / to shift to
founding master of a monastery / founder / originator
in command of the army
to join a guru for instruction
model teacher of every age (idiom) / eternal paragon / refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子
jockey / horse rider / horseman / equestrian
teacher / one's teacher
to like to lecture others (idiom)
one who can correct a misread or misspelt character and thus be your master
to finish apprenticeship / to graduate
primary school teacher
astrologer
to study under (a teacher)
following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style
term used by a teacher or master to refer to themself when speaking to their student
(archaic form of address) his excellency the army commander
to steal techniques; to learn secretly from sb else's skills or methods
make-up artist / (fig.) spin doctor; reputation manager
analyst / commentator
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
magician
drugstore / chemist / pharmacist
hair stylist
bartender
barista
teacher's husband
East China Normal University (ECNU)
mechanic / engineer / machinist / machine operator / CL: 個|个,
executive chef / head chef
nurse

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