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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *才* | 才* | *才
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only
HSK 2
just now / a moment ago
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *才* | 才* | *才
(variant of ) just now / (variant of ) (before an expression of quantity) only
HSK 2
just now (variant of 剛才|刚才)
HSK 2
talent / ability / capacity
HSK 3
talent / talented person / looks / attractive looks
HSK 3
talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted
HSK 5
talent / CL:
HSK 7-9
eloquence
HSK 7-9
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect
HSK 7-9
creative genius
to value talent; to cherish talented people
ability / talent / gift
a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
intelligence and ability
(idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
talent and learning / scholarship
untalented / I / me (humble)
great talent; rare capability / person of outstanding ability
it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
(idiom) of great talent
ability and wisdom
ability and sagacity
to have talent but no opportunity (idiom) / to be an unrecognized talent
talent
ability and insight
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
who would believe it! / what rubbish!
(idiom) erudite and multitalented; versatile and able
talented girl
gifted scholar
ethics and ability / virtuous and talented
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer
slave / fig. flunkey
a galaxy of talent (idiom) / a great number of competent people
a genius / a talented person
just now / then
multitalented
mediocrity
talented and good-looking (idiom)
all-rounder / versatile
imaginative power / creativeness
solid learning / real ability and learning / genuine talent
Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block
talented field commander (military)
polymath / all-round person
great skill and strategy
employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best
eccentric genius; quirky genius
(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
just now; a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular)
to seek talented individuals; to recruit talent
eloquence
ability / capable
to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
extraordinary talent
to waste talent
an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent
just recently / just a moment ago / just now
variant of 蠢材
multitalented
(literary) talented and accomplished woman
a self-made genius
to recruit
lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
brain drain
brain drain / outflow of talent
by no means / definitely not / as if! / yeah right!
heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with / those whom the Gods love die young
liberal education / general education
talent show
talent and virtue
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
to have an appreciation for talent in another person
(idiom) to be eager to surround oneself with talented people
an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen
peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
talent
a learned person need not leave his home to know what's going on in the world (idiom)
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
talent in a particular area
first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
just now
variant of 大材小用
genius
expert (in a field)
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
ability / competence
talent (usually literary or artistic)
(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
brimming over with talent (esp. literary) / brilliant
capable
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
to employ talent (idiom)

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