迂腐

yūfǔ
  1. pedantic
  2. trite
  3. inflexible
  4. adherence to old ideas

CEDICT

adhering rigidly to old ideas; conservative and inflexible

Wiktionary

拘泥陳舊思想，無法順應時代潮流。《福惠全書．卷二五．教養部．講學》：「曲學迂腐，附會古法。」《二十年目睹之怪現狀．第九八回》：「依晚生看去，莫某人還不至於如此；不過頭巾氣太重，有點迂腐騰騰的罷了。」也作「迂陋」。

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維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 迂 yū
  1. literal-minded
  2. pedantic
  3. doctrinaire
  4. longwinded
  5. circuitous
2 腐 fǔ
  1. decay
  2. rotten

Related entries

迂 yū
  1. literal-minded
  2. pedantic
  3. doctrinaire
  4. longwinded
  5. circuitous
煩瑣 fánsuǒ
  1. tedious
  2. convoluted
  3. fiddly
  4. pedantic
酸 suān
  1. sour
  2. tart
  3. sick at heart
  4. grieved
  5. sore
  6. aching
  7. pedantic
  8. impractical
  9. to make sarcastic remarks about sb
  10. an acid
牛奶酸了。

The milk is sour.

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陳腐 chénfǔ
  1. trite
  2. clichéd
  3. empty and trite
  4. banality
  5. platitude
不圓通 bùyuántōng
  1. inflexible
  2. unaccommodating
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