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秀xiùⅠ ? （植物抽穗開花） (of grain crops) put forth flowers or ears: ～ 穗 put forth ears Ⅱ ? ? （清秀） elegant; beautiful: 眉清目 ～ having well-chiselled features; handsome; 山清水 ～ beautiful hills and waters; lovely scenery
? （特別優(yōu)異） excellent: 優(yōu) ～ excellent; first-rate Ⅲ ? （姓氏） a surname: ～ 老 Xiu Lao
◆秀才 Xiucai, one who passed the imperial examination at the county level in the Ming and Qing dynasties; scholar; skilful writer; egghead; speech writer; 秀才不出門， 便知天下事 A scholar, without going out, knows the world's affairs well.; Without going outdoors, the scholar knows all the wide world's affairs.; Without stepping outside the gate, the scholar knows all the wide world's affairs.; 秀才人情 the inexpensive gift by scholars; gifts by scholars, which aren't expensive, (but consist of some scrolls of writing or painting); 秀才人情紙半張 Scholars express friendship on paper.; A gift costs a scholar no more than a half sheet of paper.; 秀才遇見兵， 有理講不清 Even when right, a scholar never can win an argument with a military man.; 秀才造反， 三年不成 like genteel scholars trying to start a rebellion — without any hope of success; 秀出班行 be distinguished from one's kind; a notch above [higher than] others; be among the select best; 秀而不媚， 清而不寒 (Her beauty was above the average woman's) — charming but not coquettish, with a clarity of complexion but not coldness.; 秀而不實(shí) put forth flowers but bear no fruit; flowering but fruitless; 秀發(fā)垂肩 beautiful hair hanging about the shoulders; 秀郎鏡 wire-rimmed glasses; 秀麗 beautiful; handsome; pretty; 秀玫瑰 lokelani; 秀眉大眼 with big eyes and slender eyebrows; (with) fine eyebrows and large eyes; 秀美 graceful; elegant; 秀媚 elegant and graceful; 秀頎 [書] beautiful and tall; 秀氣 delicate; elegant; fine; refined; urbane; delicate and well- made; 秀色可餐 be beautiful enough to feast the eyes; a beauty to feast one's eyes on; so pretty that one would like to eat it up; 秀色迷人 be ravished by the beauty of; 秀穗（兒） (of grain crops) put forth flowers or ears; 秀外慧中 be pretty and intelligent; beautiful in appearance and clever in mind; beauty without and intellect within; clear-eyed and intelligent; 秀雅 beautiful and refined |