黃鐘長棄
huáng​zhōng​cháng​qì

talented people ignored

  • created sense approved 黄钟长弃/黃鐘長棄 · huáng​zhōng​cháng​qì · talented people ignored — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    黄钟长弃 / 黃鐘長棄

    huáng​zhōng​cháng​qì

    talented people ignored

    the yellow bell is discarded for a long time, describing a situation where capable and virtuous people are sidelined or neglected while mediocre ones are favored

    黄 (literal) → 黄/黃 · huáng · yellow 钟 (literal) → 钟/鐘 · zhōng · bell 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 弃 (literal) → 弃/棄 · qì · to abandon

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

    created sense