名士

míngshì
(old) a person of literary talent; a celebrity (esp. a distinguished literary person having no official post)

CEDICT

old

Entry Composition

1 名 míng
  1. name
  2. noun (part of speech)
  3. place (e.g. among winners)
  4. famous
  5. classifier for people
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