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方巾气
fāng​jīn​qì

pedantic

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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

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  • 方巾 fāng​jīn
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