A scholar with a martial bearing and the potential for military achievements; a literatus destined for high military office.
他虽是文人出身，却有燕颔儒生之志，渴望报效疆场，建功立业。
Though he came from a scholarly background, he possessed the ambition of a swallow-jawed scholar, eager to serve on the battlefield and achieve great deeds.
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