- 沧海遗珠 cānghǎiyízhū undiscovered talentA pearl left in the sea; refers to talented people or valuable things that have been overlooked or left undiscovered.
- 遗珠之憾 yízhūzhīhàn regret over missing outThe regret of having overlooked a talented person or a valuable object; literally, the sorrow of a lost pearl.
- 遗珠弃璧 yízhūqìbì to cast aside talentdiscarded pearls and jade; an idiom used to describe precious things or talented people that have been overlooked and left unused
