一介書生
Chinese
| upright; “one” + classifier: a ... | scholar; intellectual; pedantic scholar | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一介書生) | 一介 | 書生 | |
| simp. (一介书生) | 一介 | 书生 | |
Etymology
From Tengwang Ge Xu by 王勃 (Wang Bo):
- 勃，三尺微命，一介書生。無路請纓，等終軍之弱冠。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》
- Bó, sān chǐ wēi mìng, yījièshūshēng. Wúlù qǐngyīng, děng Zhōng Jūn zhī ruòguàn. [Pinyin]
- I, Wang Bo, am merely a scholar of low status. I have no way to serve the country like Zhong Jun did, despite being a young adult as he once was.
勃，三尺微命，一介书生。无路请缨，等终军之弱冠。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
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