土鳖 tǔ biē

(dialect) country bumpkin

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 75992nd word

Definitions

  1. 1. (dialect) country bumpkin
  2. 2. (coll.) professional or entrepreneur who, unlike a 海归hǎi guī, has never studied overseas
  3. 3. ground beetle

Characters

Character Meaning
土 tǔ HSK 5
earth; clay; local
鳖 biē
freshwater soft-shelled turtle; variant of 鱉biē