师从 (shī cōng) — to study under (a teacher)

Definition

Examples

• 他大学毕业后师从一位著名教授学习历史。
  Tā dà xué bì yè hòu shī cōng yí wèi zhù míng jiào shòu xué xí lì shǐ.
  After graduating from university, he studied history under a famous professor.
• 这位画家年轻时师从齐白石，学到了很多技巧。
  Zhè wèi huà jiā nián qīng shí shī cōng qí bái shí, xué dào le hěn duō jì qiǎo.
  This painter studied under Qi Baishi when he was young and learned many techniques.
• 她师从一位老中医，现在自己也成了好医生。
  Tā shī cōng yí wèi lǎo zhōng yī, xiàn zài zì jǐ yě chéng le hǎo yī shēng.
  She studied under an old Chinese medicine doctor, and now she herself has become a good doctor.