Senses
学究/ 學究 schoolmaster
A teacher in a traditional private school (sīshú)
学究/ 學究 pedant
An ivory-tower scholar or narrow-minded person who is obsessed with book learning and lacks practical knowledge; a pedantic person
学究/ 學究 imperial exam candidate
Originally a subject in the Tang dynasty imperial examination system (xuéjiū yījīng); later a general term for a scholar