才疏志大
cái​shū​zhì​dà

to have great ambition but little talent

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

    才疏志大 cái​shū​zhì​dà

    志大才疏 zhì​dà​cái​shū

    same_as

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

    created reference

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

    才疏志大

    cái​shū​zhì​dà

    to have great ambition but little talent

    to have shallow abilities despite having grand goals or high aspirations

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

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

    created sense