书呆子

書呆子
shūdāizi
  1. bookworm
  2. pedant
  3. bookish fool

CEDICT

  1. (derogatory) book nerd; pedant
  2. book nerd; pedant

Wiktionary

沉溺于书籍而不通人情事故的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 书 shū
  1. book
  2. letter
  3. document
  4. to write

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部
2 呆子 dāizi
  1. fool
  2. sucker

Related entries

书虫 shūchóng bookworm
书蠹 shūdù
  1. bookworm (literal and figurative)
  2. book louse
  3. pedant
学究 xuéjiū pedant
迂夫子 yūfūzǐ
  1. pedant
  2. old fogey
夫子 fūzǐ
  1. Master (old form of address for teachers, scholars)
  2. (used sarcastically) pedant