- the Three Religions (Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism) and Nine Schools (Confucians, Daoists, Yin-Yang, Legalists, Logicians, Mohists, Political Strategists, Eclectics, Agriculturists)
- fig. people from all trades (often derog.)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 三教九流
- MDBG: 三教九流
- Examples with 三教九流 on Tatoeba