created sense approved 昆山片玉 · kūnshānpiànyù · one among many talents — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
昆山片玉
kūnshānpiànyù
one among many talents
a piece of jade from Mount Kun; used as a humble expression to describe oneself as merely one small talent among many greats
昆 (literal) → 昆 · kūn · Kunlun Mountains 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 片 (literal) → 片 · piàn · brief 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 昆山片玉 · kūnshānpiànyù · rare and precious — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
昆山片玉
kūnshānpiànyù
rare and precious
a rare and precious object or an outstanding figure of exceptional talent
昆 (literal) → 昆 · kūn · Kunlun Mountains 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 片 (literal) → 片 · piàn · brief 玉 (literal) → 玉 · yù · jade
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition