老夫子

lǎofūzǐ ㄌㄠˇ ㄈㄨ ㄗˇ

    • old-fashioned scholar out of touch with reality

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Saying俗语俗語

Idiom惯用语 · Widely known

Literally
old master
Meaning
An old-fashioned elderly intellectual out of touch with reality. Mocking, though the term was originally respectful.

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