yū fǔ

迂腐 (yū fǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “pedantic; trite; inflexible”.

Meanings

  1. 1pedantic
  2. 2trite
  3. 3inflexible
  4. 4adherence to old ideas

Characters in 迂腐

迂yū · literal-minded腐fǔ · decay

Related words

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