common
archaic
derogatory

Meaning of 腐儒

腐儒 means pedantic scholar; rigid and impractical intellectual. Pronounced fǔ rú.

  • pedantic scholar; rigid and impractical intellectual

Definitions & Examples

xiǎng
jiǎng
huà
 
jiǎn
zhí
shì
ge
lǎo
 

His thinking is rigid; he's practically an old pedantic scholar.

xiē
zhǐ
zhī
kōng
tán
jīng
diǎn
 
dǒng
biàn
tōng
 

Those hidebound scholars only know how to idly discuss the classics and do not understand adaptability.

Zhè
zhǒng
de
lùn
diào
 
wán
quán
shì
zhī
jiàn
 

This pedantic argument is entirely the view of a rigid scholar.

Yào
gǎi
 
jiù
yào
men
de
xiǎng
shù
 

To carry out reforms, we must break free from the ideological constraints of the pedantic scholars.

shǐ
shang
yǒu
shǎo
 
men
ài
le
shè
huì
de
jìn
 

There were many pedantic scholars in history who hindered social progress.

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