大たい儒じゅ

noun

great Confucian scholar

Specifically refers to a highly esteemed scholar of Confucianism, often in historical or traditional contexts.

• 彼かれは江え戸ど時じ代だいの大たい儒じゅとして知しられている。

  He is known as a great Confucian scholar of the Edo period.

noun

great scholar; person of great erudition

A broader, more general sense referring to any highly learned person, not limited to Confucianism. Less common than the specific Confucian meaning.

• 彼かれは当とう代だい随ずい一いちの大たい儒じゅと称しょうされた。