书呆子

shū dāi zi · shu dai zi

Traditional 書呆子

Meaning

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  1. bookworm
  2. pedant
  3. bookish fool

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)整(zhěng)天(tiān)看(kàn)书(shū),大(dà)家(jiā)都(dōu)叫(jiào)他(tā)书(shū)呆(dāi)子(zi)。

He reads all day, and everyone calls him a bookworm.

02

别(bié)当(dāng)书(shū)呆(dāi)子(zi),多(duō)出(chū)去(qù)运(yùn)动(dòng)运(yùn)动(dòng)。

Don't be a bookworm; go out and exercise more.

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