豎儒
Chinese
lowly, villainous | scholar; Confucian | ||
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trad. (豎儒) | 豎 | 儒 | |
simp. (竖儒) | 竖 | 儒 |
Pronunciation
Noun
豎儒
- (literary, derogatory) mediocre scholar
- 漢王輟食吐哺,罵曰:「豎儒,幾敗而公事!」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Hànwáng chuò shí tù bǔ, mà yuē: “Shùrú, jī bài ér gōng shì!” [Pinyin]
- The King of Han put down his meal and spat out the half-chewed food, and he cursed, "Knave of a scholar, you nearly ruined your master's plan!"
汉王辍食吐哺,骂曰:「竖儒,几败而公事!」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
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