方巾气
fāng​jīn​qì

pedantic

  • created reference approved 方巾气/方巾氣 → 方巾 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    方巾气 / 方巾氣 fāng​jīn​qì

    方巾 fāng​jīn

    see

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  • created sense approved 方巾气/方巾氣 · fāng​jīn​qì · pedantic — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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|方巾|fang1 jin1]]

    方巾 (literal) → 方巾 · fāng​jīn · scholar's hood 气 (literal) → 气/氣 · qì · manner

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