◎三教九流sānjiào-jiǔliú

(1)[the three religions (Confucianism， Buddhism and Taoism) and the nine schools of thought (the Confucians， the Taoists， the Yin-Yang， the Legalists， the Logicians， the Mohists， the Political Strategists， the Ecletics and the Agriculturists)]∶三教指儒教、道教、佛教，九流指儒家者流、阴阳家者流、道家者流、法家者流、名家者流、墨家者流、纵横家者流、杂家者流、农家者流

(2)[various religious sects and academic schools]∶宗教学术中的各种流派

(3)[people in various trades]∶各行各业的人——常含贬义