jùngǔ
talented person
- talented person
- A person of great talent; specifically used in the context of seeking out and recruiting experts. Derived from a story in the "Strategies of the Warring States" where the bones of a deceased prize horse were bought for a high price to demonstrate a sincere desire to acquire living prize horses.
- bones of a fine horse
- (literary) The skeletal remains of a noble steed or stallion
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- 战国策 zhànguócè