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大师 (dà shī) — great master; master (in a field of art, martial arts, scholarship, or religion)

Definition

大师 (dàshī) means a great master in art, martial arts, scholarship, or religion — someone of exceptional, widely recognized stature. It is more prestigious than 师傅, which is an everyday polite title for any skilled worker.

noun
great mastermaster (in a field of art, martial arts, scholarship, or religion)
Measure word · 位

Examples

  • 大师。
    Zhè wèi dà shī de huì huà fēng gé hěn dú tè.
    This master's painting style is very unique.
  • 大师。
    Tā shì yí wèi shòu rén zūn jìng de wǔ shù dà shī.
    He is a respected martial arts master.
  • ，大师。
    Jīng guò duō nián xué xí, tā zhōng yú chéng le yí dài dà shī.
    After many years of study, he finally became a generation's master.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大dàgreat
师shīmaster

The first character means great and the second means master; together they refer to an expert in a field.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

Open 大 →

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 師; 师 is its simplified writing.

  • 𠂤𠂤𠂤
  • 帀帀zā

The traditional form 師 combines 𠂤 and 帀; the simplified 师 is not the form explained here.

Open 师 →
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