无用武之地
wú​yòng​wǔ​zhī​dì

no room to show one's talents

  • created sense approved 无用武之地/無用武之地 · wú​yòng​wǔ​zhī​dì · no room to show one's talents — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无用武之地 / 無用武之地

    wú​yòng​wǔ​zhī​dì

    no room to show one's talents

    no place to use one's strength or military force; a metaphor for having no opportunity or scope to display one's abilities or ambitions

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 用武之地 (literal) → 用武之地 · yòng​wǔ​zhī​dì · opportunity to show one's talent

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