Donate

"a Confucian scholar" Chinese-English Dictionary

LOADING the writing area ...
(may take time at 1st time)

First write the character here with your mouse *

* Please pay attention to the strokes order.

Chinese Pinyin Translation
儒士 rú shì a Confucian scholar
Chinese Pinyin Translation
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
圣经 聖經 shèng jīng the Confucian classics / (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4] syn
学者 學者 xué zhě scholar syn
复古 復古 fù gǔ to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) syn
小道 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman) syn
信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them
正名 zhèng míng to replace the current name or title of sth with a new one that reflects its true nature / rectification of names (a tenet of Confucian philosophy)
经传 經傳 jīng zhuàn classic work (esp. Confucian classics)
道学 道學 dào xué Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學|理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism
读书人 讀書人 dú shū rén scholar / intellectual syn
才子 cái zǐ gifted scholar syn
穷酸 窮酸 qióng suān (of a scholar) impoverished, shabby and pedantic / impoverished pedant syn
宗师 宗師 zōng shī great scholar respected for learning and integrity syn
文人 wén rén cultivated individual / scholar / literati syn
增生 zēng shēng (medicine) hyperplasia / (abbr. for 增廣生員|增广生员[zeng1guang3 sheng1yuan2]) a scholar studying for the Ming dynasty imperial examinations who did not make the quota for support in the form of a monthly allowance of rice that students who made the quota received
书生 書生 shū shēng scholar / intellectual / egghead syn
任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn
玄学 玄學 xuán xué Wei and Jin philosophical school amalgamating Daoist and Confucian ideals / translation of metaphysics (also translated 形而上學|形而上学) syn
乡绅 鄉紳 xiāng shēn a scholar or government official living in one's village / a village gentleman / squire syn
士人 shì rén scholar syn
学子 學子 xué zǐ (literary) student / scholar syn
秀才 xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent syn
学人 學人 xué rén scholar / learned person syn
孝心 xiào xīn filial piety (a Confucian obligation) / respect and obedience to one's parents syn
礼教 禮教 lǐ jiào Confucian code of ethics
孝道 xiào dao filial piety (Confucian virtue) / to be a good son or daughter syn
院士 yuàn shì scholar / academician / fellow (of an academy)
孟子 mèng zǐ Mencius (c. 372-c. 289 BC), Confucian philosopher second only to Confucius / book of the same name, one of the classics of Confucianism
文士 wén shì literati / scholar
从一而终 從一而終 cóng yī ér zhōng faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) syn
德治 dé zhì rule by virtue / rule by setting virtuous example (Confucian ideal)
学家 學家 xué jiā scholar syn
大方 dà fāng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea syn
儒家 rú jiā Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
士大夫 shì dà fū scholar officials syn
朱熹 zhū xī Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子[Zhu1 zi3], Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
经学 經學 jīng xué study of the Confucian classics
礼部 禮部 lǐ bù Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
读经 讀經 dú jīng to study the Confucian classics / to read scriptures or canonical texts
王小波 wáng xiǎo bō Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997), scholar and novelist
儒生 rú shēng Confucian scholar (old) syn
雅士 yǎ shì elegant scholar
孔庙 孔廟 kǒng miào Confucian temple syn
康有为 康有為 kāng yǒu wéi Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
荀子 xún zǐ Xunzi, (c. 310-237 BC), Confucian philosopher / the Xunzi, a collection of philosophical writings attributed to Xunzi
儒家思想 rú jiā sī xiǎng Confucian thoughts / the thinking of the Confucian school
王国维 王國維 wáng guó wéi Wang Guowei (1877-1927), noted scholar
才子佳人 cái zǐ jiā rén lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers syn
范仲淹 fàn zhòng yān Fan Zhongyan (989-1052), Song dynasty scholar and politician, author of On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[Yue4yang2 Lou2 Ji4]
通经 通經 tōng jīng conversant with the Confucian classics / to stimulate menstrual flow (TCM)
儒者 rú zhě Confucian
心学 心學 xīn xué School of Mind / Neo-Confucian Idealistic School (from Song to mid-Qing times, c. 1000-1750, typified by the teachings of Wang Yangming 王陽明|王阳明[Wang2 Yang2 ming2])
弦歌 xián gē to sing to a string accompaniment / education (a reference to teaching the people Confucian values by means of song in ancient times)
传经 傳經 chuán jīng to pass on scripture / to teach Confucian doctrine / to pass on one's experience
诸生 諸生 zhū shēng Imperial scholar from the Ming Dynasty onwards
六艺 六藝 liù yì the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
道统 道統 dào tǒng Confucian orthodoxy
刘向 劉向 liú xiàng Liu Xiang (77-6 BC), Han Dynasty scholar and author
郑玄 鄭玄 zhèng xuán Zheng Xuan (127-200), late Han scholar
顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录
王阳明 王陽明 wáng yáng míng Wang Yangming (1472-1529), Ming dynasty Neo-Confucian philosopher, influential in the School of Mind 心學|心学[xin1 xue2]
梁漱溟 liáng shù míng Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
劝学 勸學 quàn xué On learning, classic book by Confucian philosopher Xun Zi 荀子 (c. 310-237 BC)
白面书生 白面書生 bái miàn shū shēng lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom) / young and inexperienced person without practical experience / still wet behind the ears syn
格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing
汉学家 漢學家 hàn xué jiā sinologist / scholar of Chinese
魏源 wèi yuán Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar
儒 rú scholar / Confucian syn
槐 huái Chinese scholar tree (Sophora japonica) / Japanese pagoda tree syn
手不释卷 手不釋卷 shǒu bù shì juàn lit. always with a book in hand (idiom) / fig. (of a student or scholar) diligent and hardworking syn
王夫之 wáng fū zhī Wang Fuzhi (1619-1692), wide-ranging scholar of the Ming-Qing transition
十三经 十三經 shí sān jīng the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History 尚書|尚书[Shang4 shu1], Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼[Zhou1 li3], Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼[Yi2 li3], Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1], Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传[Zuo3 Zhuan4], Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4], Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传[Gu3 liang2 Zhuan4], The Analects 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], Erya 爾雅|尔雅[Er3 ya3], Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经[Xiao4 jing1], Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] syn
周敦颐 周敦頤 zhōu dūn yí Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073), Song dynasty neo-Confucian scholar
孟轲 孟軻 mèng kē Mencius 孟子 (c. 372-c. 289), Confucian philosopher
张岱 張岱 zhāng dài Zhang Dai (1597-c. 1684), late Ming scholar
五伦 五倫 wǔ lún the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend) syn
小强 小強 xiǎo qiáng (slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
生员 生員 shēng yuán scholar preparing for imperial examinations (in former times) syn
陈仁锡 陳仁錫 chén rén xī Chen Renxi (1581-1636), late Ming scholar and prolific author
焚书坑儒 焚書坑儒 fén shū kēng rú to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2])
三从四德 三從四德 sān cóng sì dé Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功 syn
孝悌忠信 xiào tì zhōng xìn Confucian moral injunctions of fidelity / piety to one's parents, respect to one's older brother, loyalty to one's monarch, faith to one's male friends
佳人才子 jiā rén cái zǐ lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
博士买驴 博士買驢 bó shì mǎi lǘ lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom) / fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point / idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
文武双全 文武雙全 wén wǔ shuāng quán well versed in letters and military technology (idiom) / fine scholar and soldier / master of pen and sword syn
龙驹凤雏 龍駒鳳雛 lóng jū fèng chú brilliant young man / talented young scholar
四德 sì dé four Confucian injunctions 孝悌忠信 (for men), namely: piety 孝 to one's parents, respect 悌 to one's older brother, loyalty 忠 to one's monarch, faith 信 to one's male friends / the four Confucian virtues for women of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
程颐 程頤 chéng yí Cheng Yi (1033-1107), Song neo-Confucian scholar
程颢 程顥 chéng hào Cheng Hao (1032-1085), Song neo-Confucian scholar
诗礼 詩禮 shī lǐ the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1jing1] and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3ji4])
孔乙己 kǒng yǐ jǐ Kong Yiji, protagonist of a short story of the same name by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4] depicting the life of a poor, unsuccessful scholar who clings to his Confucian ideals despite his dismal circumstances
孔颖达 孔穎達 kǒng yǐng dá Kong Yingda (574-648), Confucian scholar
砚兄砚弟 硯兄硯弟 yàn xiōng yàn dì lit. older scholar and younger scholar / close friends (idiom)
叁浦·梅园 三浦·梅園 SanpuMeiyuan MIURA Baien (1723-1789), Japanese neo-Confucian philosopher and pioneer economist, author of The Origin of value 價原|价原
今古文 jīn gǔ wén Former Han dynasty study or rewriting of classical texts such as the Confucian six classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
今文经 今文經 jīn wén jīng Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
今文经学 今文經學 jīn wén jīng xué Former Han dynasty school of Confucian scholars
仪礼 儀禮 yí lǐ Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]
己所不欲，勿施于人 己所不欲，勿施於人 jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects) / Do as you would be done by. / Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

Share this page