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Open the tool →不栉进士 (bù zhì jìn shì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a woman of great literary talent”.
不栉进士 is pronounced bù zhì jìn shì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 不栉进士 means “Scholar without a hairpin”. It is used to mean “a woman of great literary talent”.
栉:梳头。不绾髻插簪的进士。旧指有文采的女人。