- sān jiào jiǔ liúㄙㄢ ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
- the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Ecletics, Agriculturists); fig. people from all trades (often derog.)[cedict]