窮きゅう措そ大だい

noun

poor student; impoverished scholar

Archaic or literary term for a scholar or student in poverty. Rarely used in contemporary Japanese; may appear in historical or classical contexts.

• 古ふるい漢かん文ぶんでは「窮きゅう措そ大だい」は貧まずしい書しょ生せいを指さす。

  In old Chinese texts, 窮措大 refers to a poor scholar.