xiù cai

秀 才

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n.datedxiucai (a scholar in the Ming and Qing Dynasties who passed the imperial examination at the county level); scholar who had passed county-level imperial exams
- tā shì gè qióng suān xiù cai
  他是个穷酸秀才。
  He is a poor and priggish pedant.
2
n.skilful writer; (in a broad sense ) scholar; egghead; speech writer
- tā shì wǒ bān li de xiù cai
  他是我班里的秀才。
  He is the scholar in our class.
- hēi xiù cai
  黑秀才
  evil scholar
- tā shì gōng sī li de xiù cai
  他是公司里的秀才。
  He is the scholar in our company.
synonym
shū shēng书生

common measure word
"秀才" is often matched with measure word "个"or"位".
- 一个秀才
  one person who passed the imperial examination at the county level
- 一位秀才
  one person who passed the imperial examination at the county level

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