儒林 rúlín academic circles Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents rúlín academic circles · academic official 儒 rú noun scholar (bound form) a scholar or learned person; a teacher林 lín circles (bound form) a specific group of people or social circlerúlín Confucian classics 儒 rú Confucian (bound form) referring to the Confucian school of thought or its followers林 lín collection (bound form) a gathering or collection of similar inanimate objects, such as steles or literary works