儒林外史 rú lín wài shǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. The Scholars, Qing dynasty novel by Wu Jingzi 吳敬梓|吴敬梓[Wu2 Jing4 zi3], an extended satire on the Imperial Examination system

CHARACTERS

儒 rú
HSK 6
Confucian scholar
林 lín
HSK 4
forest, grove; surname
外 wài
HSK 2
out, outside, external; foreign
史 shǐ
HSK 3
history, chronicle, annals