- the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)
- fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
Characters
- 三 (三): surname San
- 教 (教): surname Jiao
- 九 (九): nine; 9
- 流 (流): to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade
Resources
- Wiktionary: 三教九流
- MDBG: 三教九流
- Examples with 三教九流 on Tatoeba
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