知識人 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- brain noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
- intellectual adj Relating to the ability to think and reason, rather than to emotions or physical skill.
Senses
知識人 is used for these senses in English:
- brain (plurale tantum) A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- intellectual An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
- smarty pants (informal) A smart aleck or know-it-all.
brain — full definition
- noun The organ inside the skull that controls thought, memory, emotion, and the rest of the nervous system.
- noun A person's intelligence or mental ability.
- noun An especially intelligent person, or the person supplying the ideas behind a plan.
- verb Informal: to hit someone hard on the head.
intellectual — full definition
- adj Relating to the ability to think and reason, rather than to emotions or physical skill.
- noun A person who engages seriously with ideas, learning, or scholarly matters.