pedantic scholar; bookish pedant
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
pedantic scholar; bookish pedant; stubbornly conventional intellectual
derogatoryRefers to a scholar who is inflexible, overly bookish, and lacks practical sense. Often carries a negative connotation.
Tā他
shì是
gè个
yū迂
fū夫
zǐ子
，
yù遇
shì事
bù不
dǒng懂
de得
biàn变
tōng通
。
He is a pedantic scholar who doesn't know how to be flexible when dealing with matters.
Bù不
yào要
dāng当
nà那
zhǒng种
yū迂
fū夫
zǐ子
，
zhǐ只
huì会
sǐ死
dú读
shū书
。
Don't be that kind of pedant who only knows how to study books rigidly.
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Zhè这
wèi位
yū迂
fū夫
zǐ子
zhěng整
tiān天
mái埋
zài在
gù故
zhǐ纸
duī堆
lǐ里
。
This pedantic scholar buries himself in old books all day long.