末業
Chinese
end; final stage; latter part | business; occupation; study | ||
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trad. (末業) | 末 | 業 | |
simp. (末业) | 末 | 业 | |
Literally: “low-class occupation”. |
Pronunciation
Noun
末業
- (Classical Chinese, derogatory) handicraft industry and commerce
- 夫用貧求富,農不如工,工不如商;刺繡文不如倚市門,此言末業,貧者之資也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Fū yòng pín qiú fù, nóng bùrú gōng, gōng bùrú shāng; cì xiùwén bùrú yǐ shìmén, cǐ yán mòyè, pínzhě zhī zī yě. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
夫用贫求富,农不如工,工不如商;刺绣文不如倚市门,此言末业,贫者之资也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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