先生
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Definitions
- (classifier) teacher
- husband
- doctor (dialect)
Classifier: 位 (wèi)
Example Sentences
先生，您好！
Xiānsheng, nín hǎo
Sir, hello!
Related Words
一日为师，终身为父(yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù)· lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
→三人行，必有我师(sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī)· lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
→人非生而知之者，熟能无惑(rén fēi shēng ér zhī zhī zhě , shú néng wú huò)· Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt?
→代课(dài kè)· to teach as substitute for absent teacher
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