士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn 学者 學者 xué zhě scholar syn 护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard / to protect / bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) syn 天线 天線 tiān xiàn antenna / mast / connection with high-ranking officials 幕僚 mù liáo aides and advisors of top officials syn 权贵 權貴 quán guì influential officials / bigwigs syn 读书人 讀書人 dú shū rén scholar / intellectual syn 才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar syn 穷酸 窮酸 qióng suān (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic / impoverished pedant syn 宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity syn 文人 wén rén cultivated individual / scholar / literati syn 增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received 书生 書生 shū shēng scholar / intellectual / egghead syn 一品 yī pǐn superb / first-rate / (of officials in imperial times) the highest rank syn 乡绅 鄉紳 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire syn 士人 shì rén scholar syn 学子 學子 xué zǐ (literary) student / scholar syn 秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn 上访 上訪 shàng fǎng to seek an audience with higher-ups (esp. government officials) to petition for sth 学人 學人 xué rén scholar / learned person syn 院士 yuàn shì scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy) 文士 wén shì literati / scholar 学家 學家 xué jiā scholar syn 大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea syn 内参 內參 nèi cān restricted document, available only to certain individuals such as high-ranking Party officials (abbr. for 內部參考|内部参考) / (literary) palace eunuch syn 干群 幹群 gàn qún cadres and masses / party officials and ordinary people 王小波 wáng xiǎo bō Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist 儒生 rú shēng Confucian scholar (old) syn 雅士 yǎ shì elegant scholar 公卿 gōng qīng high-ranking officials in the court of a Chinese emperor 王国维 王國維 wáng guó wéi Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar 才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers syn 范仲淹 fàn zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4] 诸生 諸生 zhū shēng Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards 刘向 劉向 liú xiàng Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author 郑玄 鄭玄 zhèng xuán Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar 太子党 太子黨 tài zǐ dǎng princelings, descendants of senior communist officials (PRC) 白面书生 白面書生 bái miàn shū shēng lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears syn 汉学家 漢學家 hàn xué jiā sinologist / scholar of Chinese 魏源 wèi yuán Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar 宰 zǎi to slaughter / to butcher / to kill (animals etc) / (coll.) to fleece / to rip off / to overcharge / (bound form) to govern / to rule / (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) syn 儒 rú scholar / Confucian syn 槐 huái Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree syn 手不释卷 手不釋卷 shǒu bù shì juàn lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking syn 官倒 guān dǎo speculation by officials / profiteering by government employees / bureaucratic turpitude 笏 hù (old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience) 王夫之 wáng fū zhī Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition 周敦颐 周敦頤 zhōu dūn yí Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar 官官相护 官官相護 guān guān xiāng hù officials shield one another (idiom) / a cover-up syn 张岱 張岱 zhāng dài Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar 嫱 嬙 qiáng female court officials 鹇 鷴 xián silver pheasant (Phasianus nycthemerus) / silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade 贪官污吏 貪官污吏 tān guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption syn 小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.) 生员 生員 shēng yuán scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times) syn 陈仁锡 陳仁錫 chén rén xī Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author 鷴 xián silver pheasant badge worn by civil officials of the 5th grade 宦海风波 宦海風波 huàn hǎi fēng bō lit. raging sea of bureaucracy / officials causing a big fuss 赃官污吏 贓官污吏 zāng guān wū lì grasping officials, corrupt mandarins (idiom) / abuse and corruption 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ lit. as clear as water (idiom) / fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible 一琴一鹤 一琴一鶴 yī qín yī hè carrying very little luggage (idiom) / honest and incorruptible (government officials) 佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers 博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom) / fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point / idiom mocking scholastic pomposity 文武双全 文武雙全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom) / fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword syn 龙驹凤雏 龍駒鳳雛 lóng jū fèng chú brilliant young man / talented young scholar 东盟环境高官 東盟環境高官 dōng méng huán jìng gāo guān ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment / Senior Officials on the Environment 东盟林业高官 東盟林業高官 ASEAN Senior Officials on Forestry / Senior Officials on Forestry 铁打的衙门，流水的官 鐵打的衙門，流水的官 tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go 砚兄砚弟 硯兄硯弟 yàn xiōng yàn dì lit. older scholar and younger scholar / close friends (idiom) 公安官员 公安官員 gōng ān guān yuán public safety officials 冗官 rǒng guān redundant officials 劝课 勸課 quàn kè to encourage and supervise (esp. state officials promoting agriculture) 反诗 反詩 fǎn shī verse criticizing officials / satirical verse 官俸 guān fèng salaries of government officials 宦门 宦門 huàn mén family of officials / family with connections to the bureaucracy (i.e. the middle classes in imperial China) 宦骑 宦騎 huàn qí horse guard / imperial cavalry guard (of officials or eunuchs) 廉俸 lián fèng extra allowances paid to government officials in the Qing dynasty 故家 gù jiā old and respected family / family whose members have been officials from generation to generation 文武百官 wén wǔ bǎi guān civil and military officials 朝房 cháo fáng reception room for officials (in former times) 枚卜 méi bǔ to choose officials by divination (archaic) / to practice divination without a definite question 蠹吏 dù lì corrupt officials 谪居 謫居 zhé jū (of officials in imperial China) to live in banishment 闲冗 閑冗 xián rǒng officials with light duties / supernumeraries 东盟－中国高级官员协商 ASEAN-China Senior Officials Consultation / ASEAN-China SOM 伊比利亚－美洲公务员论坛 Forum of Civil Service Officials in Ibero-America 公职人员国际行为守则 International Code of Conduct for Public Officials 国家官员的外国刑事管辖豁免 Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction 公职人员腐败 gōng zhí rén yuán fǔ bài corruption of public officials 执法人员行为守则 Code of Conduct for Law Enforcement Officials 政府环境法高级官员特别会议 Ad Hoc Meeting of Senior Government Officials Expert in Environmental Law 政府官员外交训练方案 政府官員外交訓練方案 zhèng fǔ guān yuán wài jiāo xùn liàn fāng àn Diplomatic Training Programme for Government Officials 纳米比亚官员外交训练班 納米比亞官員外交訓練班 Diplomacy Training Course for Officials from Namibia 执法人员使用武力和火器的基本原则 執法人員使用武力和火器的基本原則 Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials 伊比利亚 - 美洲国家部长和文化官员会议 伊比利亞 - 美洲國家部長和文化官員會議 Meeting of Ministers and Culture Officials of the Ibero-American countries 负责体育运动的部长和高级官员国际会议 負責體育運動的部長和高級官員國際會議 International Conference of Ministers and Senior Officials responsible for Physical Education and Sport 东盟环境问题高级官员会议 東盟環境問題高級官員會議 Meeting of the ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment 高级官员会议 高級官員會議 Senior Officials Meeting 拉丁美洲主管外贸官员会议 拉丁美洲主管外貿官員會議 Meeting of Officials Responsible for External Trade in Latin America 