三教九流 (sānjiào-jiǔliú)

1. 三教指儒教、道教、佛教,九流指儒家者流、陰陽(yáng)家者流、道家者流、法家者流、名家者流、墨家者流、縱橫家者流、雜家者流、農(nóng)家者流 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)
2. 宗教學(xué)術(shù)中的各種流派 various religious sects and academic schools
3. 各行各業(yè)的人——常含貶義 people in various trades