Zhè wèi lǎoxiānsheng wénzhì bīnbīn, yí kàn jiù shì dúshūrén.
This elderly gentleman is refined and cultivated: you can tell at a glance he's a man of letters.
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history
From the Analects: 文质彬彬，然后君子 'when refinement and substance are in balance, you have a gentleman'. 彬彬 first meant that balance, then came to mean refined.
usage
Rarely used alone today. It lives in 彬彬有礼 'polite and courteous' and 文质彬彬 'gentle and refined'.
