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