created sense approved 材大难用/材大難用 · cáidànányòng · useless due to size — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
材大难用 / 材大難用
cáidànányòng
useless due to size
Literally referring to a tree with a trunk so swollen or branches so gnarled that it does not fit standard tools (from [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]])
材 (literal) → 材 · cái · material 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 材大难用/材大難用 · cáidànányòng · great talent is hard to employ — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
材大难用 / 材大難用
cáidànányòng
great talent is hard to employ
Metaphorically used to describe a person with great talent who cannot find a suitable position or whose abilities are underutilized
材 (literal) → 材 · cái · talent 大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition