◎ 秀才 xiùcai (1) [xiucai; one who passed the imperial examination at the county level in the Ming and Qing dynasties] 明清两代称生员 (2) [scholar] 泛指读书人 传一乡秀才观之。——宋· 王安石《伤仲永》
英文翻译
1.(明清两代生员的通称) Xiucai, one who passed the imperial examination at the county level in the Ming and Qing dynasties