Taiwan Mandarin

WordTaiwan frequency #23,018

侏儒

zhū rú·ㄓㄨㄖㄨˊ

“person of abnormally short stature; dwarf; ancient court entertainer or jester; short pillar on a roof beam”

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dwarf; short person; used in compounds related to dwarves or short stature

scholar; Confucian; Confucianism; a school of thought founded by Confucius; sometimes refers to a person with special skills or knowledge; can also mean cowardly.

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儒家rújiā·ㄖㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄚConfucian school of thought founded by Confucius and Mencius; a scholar who follows Confucian teachings; a family of scholars or literati