土鱉

Chinese

 
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
turtle
trad. (土鱉/土鼈) /
simp. (土鳖)

Pronunciation


Noun

土鱉

  1. sand cockroach (Eupolyphaga sinensis)
  2. (dialectal, figurative) old-fashioned person; one who has seen nothing of life
  3. (neologism) one who has never studied/lived overseas
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