三教九流

- (指儒、佛、道三教及其他各家) the three religions and the nine schools of thought; the three religions and the nine systems [schools] of philosophy; the three religions and the nine wisdoms; the three cults and nine schools (儒教 Confucianism; 佛教 Buddhism; 道教 Taoism; 儒家 the Confucians; 道家 the Taoists; 陰陽家 the Yin-Yang; 法家 the Legalists; 名家 the Logicians; 墨家 the Mohists; 縱橫家 the Political Strategists; 雜家 the Eclectics; 農家 the Agriculturists)

- (指宗教 、學術中各流派)various religious sects and academic schools; adherents of different religions and sects

[貶](江湖上各色人等) people in various trades; people of all sorts; people of different low professions; men of dubious [all] trades