◎三教九流sānjiào-jiǔliú
(1)[the three religions (Confucianism， Buddhism and Taoism) and the nine schools of thought (the Confucians， the Taoists， the Yin-Yang， the Legalists， the Logicians， the Mohists， the Political Strategists， the Ecletics and the Agriculturists)]∶三教指儒教、道教、佛教，九流指儒家者流、陰陽家者流、道家者流、法家者流、名家者流、墨家者流、縱橫家者流、雜家者流、農家者流
(2)[various religious sects and academic schools]∶宗教學術中的各種流派
(3)[people in various trades]∶各行各業的人——常含貶義
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