志大才疏
zhì​dà​cái​shū

to have great ambition but little talent

  • created reference approved 志大才疏 → 才疏志大 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    志大才疏 zhì​dà​cái​shū

    才疏志大 cái​shū​zhì​dà

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  • created sense approved 志大才疏 · zhì​dà​cái​shū · to have great ambition but little talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    志大才疏

    zhì​dà​cái​shū

    to have great ambition but little talent

    To have lofty aspirations while lacking the actual ability to achieve them.

    志 (literal) → 志 · zhì · will 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 才 (literal) → 才 · cái · talent 疏 (literal) → 疏 · shū · shallow

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

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