出师

出師
chūshī
  1. to finish apprenticeship
  2. to graduate
  3. to send out troops (under a commander)

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to send out troops; to dispatch troops
  2. to send out troops; to dispatch troops
  3. to serve out one's apprenticeship

Wiktionary

  1. 出兵。
  2. 学徒从师学艺，期满艺成称为「出师」。如：「他在店裡做了三年学徒，现在已经出　师了。」也作「出道」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 学徒从师学艺，期满艺成，能够独当一面
  2. 派遣军队

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 出 chū
  1. to go out; to come out
  2. to arise; to occur
  3. to produce; to yield
  4. to go beyond; to exceed
  5. (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  6. classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
=1 出 chū variant of 出 chū (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
2 师 shī
  1. teacher
  2. master
  3. expert
  4. model
  5. army division
  6. (old) troops
  7. to dispatch troops

Containing this entry

出师未捷身先死 chūshīwèijiéshēnxiānsǐ "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相 Shǔxiàng by Du Fu 杜甫 Dù Fǔ)

Related entries

满师 mǎnshī
  1. to finish apprenticeship
  2. to graduate
卒业 zúyè
  1. to complete a course of study (old)
  2. to graduate
毕典 bìdiǎn
  1. graduation ceremony (abbr. for 毕业典礼 bìyèdiǎnlǐ)
  2. (Tw) (coll.) to graduate
毕业 bìyè
  1. graduation
  2. to graduate
  3. to finish school
湯姆畢業了。

Tom graduated.

Source: Tatoeba