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秀才

/ xiùcai / 
Strokes

Definition

a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)/scholar/skillful writer/fine talent

Example

As a Noun

xiucai [a scholar in the Ming and Qing Dynasties who passed the imperial examination at the county level]

1
Qíongsuān
穷酸
xiùcai
秀才

poor and priggish pedant

As a Noun

scholar; skilful writer

2
Tā
他
shì
是
wǒmen
我们
gōngsī
公司
lǐ
里
de
的
xiùcai
秀才
  
。

He is the scholar in our company.