pedantic scholar; Tang Dynasty examination category
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Meanings
2 senses · 4 examplesnoun
pedantic scholar; bookish person blindly attached to academic details without practical sense
Commonly used in the compound 老学究. Implies rigidity and lack of practical flexibility.
Tā他
shì是
gè个
lǎo老
xué学
jiū究
，
zhī只
zhī知
dào道
sǐ死
dú读
shū书
，
bù不
dǒng懂
biàn变
tōng通
。
He's an old pedant who only knows how to study books rigidly and doesn't understand flexibility.
Zuò做
xué学
wen问
bù不
néng能
dāng当
xué学
jiū究
，
yào要
xué学
yǐ以
zhì致
yòng用
。
One cannot be a pedant in doing scholarship; one must study for practical application.
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Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
xiě写
de得
chōng充
mǎn满
le了
xué学
jiū究
qì气
。
This article is written with a pedantic air throughout.
noun
Tang Dynasty imperial examination candidate specializing in a single Confucian classic
archaicHistorical term from the Tang Dynasty examination system (学究一经科).
Táng唐
dài代
shè设
yǒu有
xué学
jiū究
yī一
jīng经
kē科
，
yìng应
shì试
zhě者
tōng通
chēng称
wéi为
xué学
jiū究
。
The Tang Dynasty established the 'Single Classic Scholar' examination category, and candidates were generally called xuejiu.