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書生

書生

See also: 书生

Chinese

book; letter
 
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (書生)
simp. (书生)

Noun

書生

  1. scholar; intellectual
  2. pedantic scholar

Derived terms

  • 一介書生一介书生
  • 文弱書生文弱书生
  • 書生之見书生之见
  • 書生氣书生气
  • 牛角書生牛角书生
  • 白面書生白面书生
  • 百無一用是書生百无一用是书生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょ
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

書生 (hiragana しょせい, romaji shosei)

  1. (Meiji and Taishō period) student
  2. (later) a student who helps with housework in exchange for lodging

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