书生

書生
shūshēng
  1. scholar
  2. intellectual
  3. egghead

CEDICT

  1. pedantic scholar
  2. scholar; intellectual

Wiktionary

  1. 读书人。
  2. 不通世务的迂儒。

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 生 shēng
  1. to be born
  2. to give birth
  3. life
  4. to grow
  5. raw
  6. uncooked
  7. student

Containing this entry

文弱书生 wénruòshūshēng (idiom) frail scholar
白面书生 báimiànshūshēng
  1. lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience
  2. still wet behind the ears
书生气 shūshēngqì
一介书生 yījièshūshēng
百无一用是书生 bǎiwúyīyòngshìshūshēng

Related entries

儒 rú
  1. scholar
  2. Confucian
士人 shìrén scholar
学人 xuérén
  1. scholar
  2. learned person
学者 xuézhě scholar
这些学者以前在哪？

Where were these scholars at before this?

Source: Tatoeba

院士 yuànshì
  1. scholar
  2. academician
  3. fellow (of an academy)
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