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Definitions

  1. 1. scholar
  2. 2. Confucian

Words Containing 儒

当代新儒家
dāng dài xīn rú jiā

Contemporary New Confucianism

侏儒仓鼠
zhū rú cāng shǔ

dwarf hamster

儒者
rú zhě

Confucian

儒雅
rú yǎ

scholarly

儒家
rú jiā

Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[kǒng zǐ] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[mèng zǐ] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)

儒教
rú jiào

Confucianism

儒学
rú xué

Confucianism

罢黜百家,独尊儒术
bà chù bǎi jiā , dú zūn rú shù

Dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucian (idiom)

儒艮
rú gèn

dugong

坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠
kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ

Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)

犬儒主义
quǎn rú zhǔ yì

cynicism

迂儒
yū rú

unrealistic

独尊儒术
dú zūn rú shù

dismiss the hundred schools, revere only the Confucians (slogan of the Former Han dynasty)

儒略日
rú lüe4 rì

Julian day (astronomy)

焚书坑儒
fén shū kēng rú

to burn the Confucian classics and bury alive the Confucian scholars (acts supposedly committed by the first emperor 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng])

泰西大儒
tài xī dà rú

Great European Scholar (honorific title of Matteo Ricci)

侏儒症
zhū rú zhèng

pituitary dwarfism

宿儒
sù rú

experienced scholar

李英儒
lǐ yīng rú

Li Yingru (1913-1989), calligrapher and writer, author of many novels about the war as seen by the communists

儒林外史
rú lín wài shǐ

The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓[wú jìng zǐ], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system

宏儒
hóng rú

learned scholar

犬儒
quǎn rú

cynic

儒士
rú shì

a Confucian scholar

儒家思想
rú jiā sī xiǎng

Confucian thoughts

儒勒·凡尔纳
rú lè · fán ěr nà

Jules Verne (1828-1905), French novelist specializing in science fiction and adventure stories

现代新儒家
xiàn dài xīn rú jiā

Modern New Confucianism

新儒家
xīn rú jiā

New Confucianism, a social and political movement founded in 1920s China that combines aspects of Western and Eastern philosophy

侏儒
zhū rú

dwarf