才疏学浅 cáishūxuéqiǎn to have limited talent and little knowledge Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 才 cái noun talent (bound form) talent; remarkable ability; gift疏 shū shallow (bound form) shallow in knowledge; empty; superficial学 學 xué nounverb learning (bound form) knowledge; scholarship; academic learning浅 淺 qiǎn adjective simple simple; easy to understand; not deep in meaning or learning