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HSK
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 (variant of 剛才|刚才)
HSK 2
just now / a moment ago
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *纔* | 纔* | *纔
(variant of ) just now / (variant of ) (before an expression of quantity) only
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
multitalented
social accomplishment
a self-made genius
lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
ability and sagacity
it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
to seek talented individuals; to recruit talent
untalented / I / me (humble)
brain drain
talent
just now / then
slave / fig. flunkey
gifted scholar
expert (in a field)
outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical) / scholar / skillful writer / fine talent
just now; a moment ago (often used in the early vernacular)
talent and learning / scholarship
to value talent; to cherish talented people
intelligence and ability
genius
variant of 蠢材
talented and good-looking (idiom)
talent (usually literary or artistic)
polymath / all-round person
(idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
ability / competence
talented field commander (military)
a galaxy of talent (idiom) / a great number of competent people
Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom) / fig. to have used up one's creative powers / to have writer's block
ability / capable
ability and insight
multitalented
a genius / a talented person
to have talent but no opportunity (idiom) / to be an unrecognized talent
employ one's talent to the fullest / everyone gives of their best
(humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
liberal education / general education
talent and virtue
ability and wisdom
an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen
ability / talent / gift
a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)
great talent; rare capability / person of outstanding ability
(idiom) of great talent
lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom) / fig. pair of ideal lovers
Georges Bizet (1838–1875), French composer
all-rounder / versatile
(idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
by no means / definitely not / as if! / yeah right!
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
talented man and beautiful woman / ideal couple
to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
(literary) talented and accomplished woman
talent in a particular area
student of great ability / talented student
great skill and strategy
(idiom) to be eager to surround oneself with talented people
to waste talent
to recruit
to recognize talent and have great respect for it
knowledgeable and versatile
ethics and ability / virtuous and talented
extraordinary talent
imaginative power / creativeness
just now
brain drain / outflow of talent
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
to recognize talent
to have an appreciation for talent in another person
eccentric genius; quirky genius
heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with / those whom the Gods love die young
creative genius
Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
talent show
spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
first sign of budding talent / to display one's ability for the first time
(idiom) erudite and multitalented; versatile and able
variant of 大材小用
mediocrity
talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
talented girl
an outstanding talent (idiom) / surpassing insight and acumen
brimming over with talent (esp. literary) / brilliant
peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
talent
capable
to employ talent (idiom)

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