斗方名士dǒu fāng míng shìpoetaster; a writer of inferior verse
❍ 那一班～，结识了两个报馆主笔，天天弄些诗去登报，要借此张个诗翁的名色。(吴趼人《二十年目睹之怪现状》 九) Those poetasters got acquainted with two chief editors of the newspaper. They had some poems of theirs published in the newspaper,so as to gain the fame as great poets. 斗方名士dǒu fānɡ mínɡ shì斗方：供写字、画画用的一尺见方的册笺，这里指小幅的诗文或画页。过去指在斗方上舞文弄墨的小名士。现多含讽刺意味。writers of trivial, poetasters, a man posed as literary pursuer |