- 白面书生
- báimiànshūshēngpale-faced scholar; pasty-faced bookworm* * *bái miàn shū shēngn. pale faced scholar* * *bai2 mian4 shu1 sheng1lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience, still wet behind the ears* * *白面书生bái miàn shū shēngan inexperienced youth (young scholar); a fair-complexioned scholar; a pale-faced scholar; a pasty-faced pedant; a scholar inexperienced in life (affairs; business); white-faced scholar* * *白面書生|白面书生 [bái miàn shū shēng] ► lit. pale-faced scholar (idiom); young and inexperienced person without practical experience ► still wet behind the ears
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.