下士

xiàshì
lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy)

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) person, especially a member of the educated social classes, who is of inferior standing, intelligence, or ethics
  2. (literary, obsolete, of a high-ranking individual) to display humility and respect towards lower-class persons
  3. (xiangqi) to move an adviser (士) back one step diagonally
  4. corporal (U.S. and British Army, British Air Force, U.S. and British Marine Corps)
  5. person, especially a member of the educated social classes, who is of inferior standing, intelligence, or ethics
  6. petty officer second class (British Navy)
  7. petty officer third class (U.S. Navy)
  8. to display humility and respect towards lower-class persons
  9. to move an adviser (士) back one step diagonally

Wiktionary

  1. 浅俗的人。
  2. 屈尊以下交贤士。
  3. 军衔。军士的最后一级，在中士之下。
  4. 佛教用语。三士之一，指贪着世间快乐，对轮迴还未生起自觉的人。
  5. 职官名。古代天子、诸侯皆设士，分上士、中士、下士三等，地位在大夫之下。秦以后仍沿用。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
2 士 shì
  1. member of the senior ministerial class (old)
  2. scholar (old)
  3. bachelor
  4. honorific
  5. soldier
  6. noncommissioned officer
  7. specialist worker

Containing this entry

礼贤下士 lǐxiánxiàshì respect for the wise