屈才
qū​cái

to waste talent

  • created reference approved 屈才 → 大材小用 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屈才 qū​cái

    大材小用 dà​cái​xiǎo​yòng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 屈才 · qū​cái · to waste talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    屈才

    qū​cái

    to waste talent

    to waste or misuse someone's talent; to have abilities that are not fully utilized in one's current position

    屈, 才

    屈 (literal) → 屈 · qū · wronged 才 (literal) → 才 · cái · talent

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

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