學而優則仕 [学－优则－]

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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. one who is successful in one's studies, can become an official (idiom)
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    The student, having completed his studies, should enter into government service.
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）