学究气 / 學究氣

xué​jiū​qì

pedantry

The air of a pedant; the quality of being overly focused on book learning or academic details while lacking practical knowledge of the world.

学究 (literal) → 学究/學究 · xué​jiū · pedant 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · manner

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created sense May 20, 2026, 07:57 PM