Pinyin: shì English Definition: member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor; honorific; soldier; noncommissioned officer; specialist worker Chinese Definition: ①古代统治阶级中次于卿大夫的一个阶层:士族。士大夫。 ②旧时指读书人:士子。士民。学士。 ③未婚的男子,泛指男子:士女。 ④对人的美称:志士。烈士。女士。 ⑤军衔的一级,在尉以下;亦泛指军人;上士。士兵。士卒。士气。 ⑥称某些专业人员:医士。护士。 ⑦姓氏。
How do we come to call a college graduate an educated man simply because he has made up the necessary units or weekhours of psychology, medieval history, logic, and "religion"?