白面書生
bĕk-miêng-cṳ̆-sĕngyoung scholar who is well-versed in academic theories but lacks real-life experience; young and inexperienced person without practical experience
中文：白面书生
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Imported from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0): en.wiktionary.org/wiki/白面書生. Mandarin: báimiànshūshēng.
Related words
- 書cṳ̆
書 cṳ̆
book
- 白băh
白 băh
white
- 先生sĭng-săng
先生 sĭng-săng
- 1. mister; sir; gentleman
- 2. husband
- 3. An honorific for a person of virtue, learning, or ability (usually conferred on males).
- 4. (dated) Usually placed after a profession of fortune-telling, storytelling, face reading, feng shui, or something similar.
- and 5 more
- 出生chók-sĕng
出生 chók-sĕng
- 1. to be born
- 2. (obsolete) to lay down one's own life, to give up one's own life
- 北面báe̤k-miêng
北面 báe̤k-miêng
- 1. north; north side
- 2. official in feudal court
- 3. to face north (in deference to the emperor or one's superior)
- 4. (of an apprentice) to follow a master
- 南面nàng-miêng
南面 nàng-miêng
- 1. the south side
- 2. to be the monarch
- 3. to be a government official
- 學生hŏk-sĕng
學生 hŏk-sĕng
- 1. student; pupil
- 2. disciple; follower
- 對面dó̤i-méng
對面 dó̤i-méng
- 1. opposite
- 2. face-to-face