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Chinese dictionary
- 1
n.intellectual; scholar
她是知道中文,却看不懂火车时刻表的读书人。
She was an intellectual who understood Chinese but could not look up a train timetable correctly.
他们必须选择其他途径或职业以重新确立读书人在新时代的角色和身份。
They had to choose other ways or occupation to re-establish scholar in the new era of role and identity.
- 2
n.dialstudent
看他的样子像个读书人。
He looks like a student.
Word usage
- common measure word"读书人" is often matched with measure word "个"or"位".
一个读书人
one scholar
一位读书人
one scholar