律师

lùshī · HSK 4

lawyer

律师 — lawyer

⚖️ 律 lǜ = law/statute + 师 shī = master/expert → law-master = lawyer

律 originally meant pitch-pipe/standard, then rule or statute. 师 means teacher or master of a craft. Together 律师 literally reads law-expert, the standard Chinese term for a practising lawyer.

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