mào​cái

talented person

  • created reference approved 茂才 → 秀才 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    茂才 mào​cái

    秀才 xiù​cai

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 茂才 · mào​cái · talented person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    茂才

    mào​cái

    talented person

    A person of great talent; a fine scholar or writer.

    茂 (literal) → 茂 · mào · fine 才 (literal) → 才 · cái · talented person

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 茂才 · mào​cái · xiucai — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    茂才

    mào​cái

    xiucai

    (historical) A person who has passed the county-level imperial examination; also known as a [[秀才|秀才|xiu4 cai5]], a term used during the Han Dynasty to avoid the naming taboo of Emperor Guangwu (Liu Xiu)

    茂 (literal) → 茂 · mào · fine 才 (literal) → 才 · cái · talented person

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense