教 师 节

Jiào shī jiédictionary entry

Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)

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Original source entry:

教師節 教师节 [Jiao4 shi1 jie2] /Teachers' Day (September 10th in PRC and Confucius's birthday, September 28th in Taiwan)/

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Other forms in these source records: 教師節

教
jiāo
to teach / to instruct
jiào
(bound form) to teach / to instruct / a religion / to cause (sb to do sth) / to tell (sb to do sth)
Jiào
surname Jiao
师
shī
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
Shī
surname Shi
节
jiē
see 節骨眼|节骨眼[jiē gu yǎn]
jié
joint / node / (bound form) section / segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize / to save / (bound form) moral integrity / chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)

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