fāng​jīn​qì

pedantic

Senses

方巾气/ 方巾氣 fāng​jīn​qì pedantic

(literary) describes a person who is pedantic, conservative, or stuck in old ways of thinking; originally referring to the scholarly air of students in the Ming dynasty who wore square caps called 方巾 fāng​jīn

References

see 方巾气/方巾氣 → 方巾/方巾