才高八斗
cái​gāo​bā​dǒu

of great talent

  • created reference approved 才高八斗 → 八斗之才 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    才高八斗 cái​gāo​bā​dǒu

    八斗之才 bā​dǒu​zhī​cái

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 才高八斗 · cái​gāo​bā​dǒu · of great talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    才高八斗

    cái​gāo​bā​dǒu

    of great talent

    (idiom) endowed with extraordinary literary talent or learning; originally describing the poet [[曹植|曹植|cao2 zhi2]] as possessing eight-tenths of all the talent in the world

    才 (literal) → 才 · cái · talent 高 (literal) → 高 · gāo · high 八 (literal) → 八 · bā · eight 斗 (literal) → 斗 · dǒu · [unit of volume]

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