cái

Meaning of 屈才

屈才 means to waste one's talent on a petty job; to not utilize one's abilities fully. Pronounced qū cái.

  • to waste one's talent on a petty job; to not utilize one's abilities fully

Definitions & Examples

Ràng
zuò
zhè
zhǒng
jiǎn
dān
de
gōng
zuò
 
zhēn
shì
cái
le
 

Having him do such simple work is really a waste of his talent.

zài
zhè
gōng
zuò
shì
cái
le
 
yīng
gāi
gèng
de
píng
tái
zhǎn
 

You are wasting your talents working here; you should go to a bigger platform to develop.

Zhè
me
yōu
xiù
de
rén
cái
zuò
zhè
zhǒng
xiǎo
shì
 
tài
cái
le
 

For such an outstanding talent to do such trivial matters is too great a waste.

jué
de
zài
zhè
zhǒng
xiǎo
gōng
gōng
zuò
shì
cái
 

He feels that working at such a small company is a waste of his abilities.