千里马常有，而伯乐不常有
qiān​lǐ​mǎ​cháng​yǒu'ér​bó​lè​bù​cháng​yǒu

talent is common but appreciation is rare

  • created reference approved 千里马常有，而伯乐不常有/千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 → 伯乐/伯樂 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 / 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 qiān​lǐ​mǎ​cháng​yǒu'ér​bó​lè​bù​cháng​yǒu

    伯乐 / 伯樂 bó​lè

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 千里马常有，而伯乐不常有/千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有 · qiān​lǐ​mǎ​cháng​yǒu'ér​bó​lè​bù​cháng​yǒu · talent is common but appreciation is rare — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    千里马常有，而伯乐不常有 / 千里馬常有，而伯樂不常有

    qiān​lǐ​mǎ​cháng​yǒu'ér​bó​lè​bù​cháng​yǒu

    talent is common but appreciation is rare

    Literally "swift horses are common, but people like [[伯乐|伯樂|bo2 le4]] are rare"; many people have talent, but few can recognize it when they see it.

    千里马 (literal) → 千里马/千里馬 · qiān​lǐ​mǎ · fine steed 常 (literal) → 常 · cháng · often 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is ， (non_chinese) 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 伯乐 (literal) → 伯乐/伯樂 · bó​lè · Bole (horse expert) 不常 (literal) → 不常 · bù​cháng · seldom 有 (literal) → 有 · yǒu · there is

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense