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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
used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan) / master / qualified worker
HSK 6
teachers and students
HSK 6
designer / architect
HSK 6
cook / chef
HSK 6
qualified teacher
HSK 7-9
architect
HSK 7-9
military division level commander / teacher
HSK 7-9
teacher-training / pedagogical / normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)
HSK 7-9
tutor / teacher / academic advisor
HSK 7-9
model teacher of every age (idiom) / eternal paragon / refers to Confucius (551-479 BC) 孔子
(greatly respected) teacher
lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius) / you have sth to learn from everyone
term of respect for a teacher's wife / sorceress
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teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
executive chef / head chef
secondary normal school (secondary school that trains kindergarten and elementary school teachers)
(slang) hairdresser
great scholar respected for learning and integrity
accountant
pharmacist
anaesthetist
pharmacist
normal university / teacher training college
Queen's Counsel
doctor
junior female student or apprentice / daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher
magician / wizard / sorcerer
senior male fellow student or apprentice / son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
nurse
therapist
analyst / commentator
abbr. for 師範大學|师范大学, normal university / teacher training college
honorific title for a Buddhist monk
doctor-in-charge / resident physician
instructor / lecturer
magician
master and disciple
famous master / great teacher
senior female fellow student or apprentice / daughter (older than oneself) of one's teacher
(art) painter
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
hair stylist
mentor; role model
bartender
senior technician; technical expert
imperial tutor
teacher / master
barber; hairdresser
founder (of a craft, religious sect etc)
young disciple (of the same master) / younger or junior male schoolmate
to formally become an apprentice to a master
punitive force / a person setting out to deliver severe reproach
occupational therapist
masseur; massage therapist
Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)
teachers of the state
stylist (fashion) / cartoon character designer
Medicine Buddha (Sanskrit: Bhaisajyaguru)
mechanic / engineer / machinist / machine operator / CL: 個|个,
fellow apprentices; fellow students (male)
pilot / aviator
jockey / horse rider / horseman / equestrian
(aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator
self-taught / to learn without a teacher (idiom)
Beijing Normal University / abbr. for 北京師範大學|北京师范大学
to like to lecture others (idiom)
to collaborate / to join forces / to effect a junction
following the ways of old / in imitation of ancient style
to muster large forces / to get a great number of people involved (in carrying out some task)
to serve as a model for others (idiom) / to be a worthy teacher
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
(computing) architect
pianist
(derog.) inept advisor / a good-for-nothing adviser / one who offers bad advice
to dispatch troops / to send an army / to mobilize forces
A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors.
physiotherapist
secondary normal school (abbr. for 中等師範學校|中等师范学校)
lit. to go to war without just cause (idiom) / to act without justification
(Tw) programmer
monk who has mastered the scriptures; (esp.) Xuanzang 玄奘 (602-664)
Shizong county in Qujing 曲靖, Yunnan
military auxiliaries (archaic)
boxing coach / pugilist master
to finish apprenticeship / to graduate / to send out troops (under a commander)
to finish apprenticeship / to graduate
friend from whom you can seek advice
founding master of a monastery / founder / originator
to send punitive forces against / (fig.) to criticize violently
in command of the army
revered master
tailor

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