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书呆子

shū dāi zi

3-character word Traditional 書呆子

What 书呆子 means

1. bookworm
2. pedant
3. bookish fool

The characters in 书呆子

• 书shūbook; letter; document
• 呆dāifoolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; variant of 待
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 我是个书呆子。
  Wǒ shì ge shūdāizi.
  I'm a swot.
• 艾德蒙多认为瓦利德是书呆子。
  Edmundo thought of Walid as a nerd.