书蠹

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

CEDICT

  1. 蛀蚀书籍的虫子。
  2. 比喻读死书而不知融会贯通的人。

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 蠹 dù
  1. insect that eats into books, clothing etc
  2. moth-eaten
  3. worm-eaten

Related entries

书呆子 shūdāizi
  1. bookworm
  2. pedant
  3. bookish fool
书虫 shūchóng bookworm
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