Read Edit View history 大材小用 dàcáixiǎoyòng waste of talent Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 大材小用 dàcáixiǎoyòng waste of talent (idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability; to use a great resource for a trivial purpose Frequency Written text 0.253 per million Cross-References Synonym 大器小用 dàqìxiǎoyòng屈才 qūcáiAntonym 小材大用 xiǎocáidàyòng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
大材小用 dàcáixiǎoyòng waste of talent (idiom) to use a talented person in a role far beneath their ability; to use a great resource for a trivial purpose Frequency Written text 0.253 per million Cross-References Synonym 大器小用 dàqìxiǎoyòng屈才 qūcáiAntonym 小材大用 xiǎocáidàyòng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)