書蠹

书蠹
shūdù
  1. bookworm (literal and figurative)
  2. book louse
  3. pedant

CEDICT

  1. 蛀蝕書籍的蟲子。
  2. 比喻讀死書而不知融會貫通的人。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

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

classifiers: 本, 冊, 部
2 蠹 dù
  1. insect that eats into books, clothing etc
  2. moth-eaten
  3. worm-eaten

Related entries

書呆子 shūdāizi
  1. bookworm
  2. pedant
  3. bookish fool
書蟲 shūchóng bookworm
學究 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