文人
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English
- cultivated individual; scholar; literati
- scholar; literati, man of letters, people having sufficient knowledge towards literature and cultural practices
粵語 — Cantonese
- 讀得多書、學識豐富嘅人；有文化素養、對文學有充足認識嘅人（量詞：個）
Examples
文人相輕
literates tend to scorn each other
文人雅士
person who is proficient in literature and excellent in conduct
文人多大話
a man of letters often has many ways to tell a lie
你只係一個文人，點打得贏一個拎刀嘅賊呀？
You're only a scholar, how can you win a fight against a thief who's holding a knife?
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk