dú shū rén
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  • 1

    n.intellectual; scholar

    • tā shì zhī dào zhōng wén què kàn bù dǒng huǒ chē shí kè biǎo de dú shū rén

      知道中文火车时刻表读书人

      She was an intellectual who understood Chinese but could not look up a train timetable correctly.

    • tā men bì xū xuǎn zé qí tā tú jìng huò zhí yè yǐ chóng xīn què lì dú shū rén zài xīn shí dài de jué sè hé shēn fèn

      他们必须选择其他途径职业重新确立读书人时代角色身份

      They had to choose other ways or occupation to re-establish scholar in the new era of role and identity.

  • 2

    n.dialstudent

    • kàn tā de yàng zi xiàng gè dú shū rén

      样子读书人

      He looks like a student.

Word usage

  • "读书人" is often matched with measure word "个"or"位".
    • 读书人

      one scholar

    • 读书人

      one scholar