有 志 之 士

yǒu zhì zhī shìdictionary entry

(idiom) person committed to a noble cause or ideal

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Original source entry:

有志之士有志之士 [you3 zhi4 zhi1 shi4] /(idiom) person committed to a noble cause or ideal/

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Character information

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有
yǒu
to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[yǒu yì] intentional)
志
zhì
aspiration / ambition / the will / sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote
之
zhī
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de]) / him / her / it
士
shì
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker
Shì
surname Shi

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