1. 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

三教九流是成語(yǔ)。

三教九流 (sān jiào jiǔ liú)

1. 三教指儒、佛、道三教。見(jiàn)「三教」條。九流指先秦至漢初的九大學(xué)術(shù)流派。見(jiàn)「九流」條。三教九流指各種學(xué)術(shù)流派。元．王實(shí)甫．西廂記．第四本．第二折：「一個(gè)通徹三教九流，一個(gè)曉盡描鸞刺繡?！贯嵋嘤渺吨干鐣?huì)上各種行業(yè)或各色人物。鏡花緣．第九十九回：「細(xì)細(xì)看去，士農(nóng)工商，三教九流，無(wú)一不有?！挂嘧鳌?a href="/hycd/j/j329041.htm" target="_blank">九流三教」。