| 东方三博士 |
Dōng fāng sān Bó shì |
the Magi / the Three Wise Kings from the East in the biblical nativity story |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 东方 |
Dōng fāng |
the East; the Orient / two-character surname Dongfang |
| 东方 |
dōng fāng |
east |
| 方 |
Fāng |
surname Fang |
| 方 |
fāng |
square / power or involution (math.) / upright / honest / fair and square / direction / side / party (to a contract, dispute etc) / place / method / prescription (medicine) / just when / only or just / classifier for square things / abbr. for square or cubic meter |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 博 |
bó |
(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide / to win; to gain / to play; to gamble / learned; well-read / (bound form) doctoral degree (abbr. for 博士) / (bound form) blog (abbr. for 博客) |
| 博 |
bó |
old variant of 博 |
| 博士 |
bó shì |
doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician |
| 士 |
Shì |
surname Shi |
| 士 |
shì |
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker |