女士

Chinese

	female; woman; daughter	scholar; warrior; knight
trad. (女士)	女	士
jedn. ^#(女士)	女	士
alternative forms	女仕
anagram	士女

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Originally, the combination was close to the literal meaning, i.e., a female 士 (“person from higher, educated social stratum”), a woman whose character, upbringing, and conduct matched those expected of the 士 class. For example, in the Shijing (《詩·大雅·既醉》):

釐爾女士，從以孫子。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

釐尔女士，从以孙子。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Lí ěr nǚshì, cóng yǐ sūnzǐ. [Pinyin]

There is given you a heroic wife,
And from her shall come [the line of] descendants.

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