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大材小用
dà​cái​xiǎo​yòng

waste of talent

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
大材小用 dà​cái​xiǎo​yòng
waste of talent
(idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability; to use a great resource for a trivial purpose

Frequency

Written text
0.253 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 大器小用 dà​qì​xiǎo​yòng
  • 屈才 qū​cái

Antonym

  • 小材大用 xiǎo​cái​dà​yòng

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)