骥服盐车 — “A steed drives a salt cart”
骥服盐车 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to misuse a highly capable person by assigning them to an unworthy or unsuitable task; to waste talent by giving a skilled individual a trivial or inappropriate job”. Literally, “A steed drives a salt cart”.
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What does 骥服盐车 mean?
骥服盐车 (jì fú yán chē) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to misuse a highly capable person by assigning them to an unworthy or unsuitable task; to waste talent by giving a skilled individual a trivial or inappropriate job”.
How do you pronounce 骥服盐车?
骥服盐车 is pronounced jì fú yán chē in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 骥服盐车 literally mean?
Literally, 骥服盐车 means “a steed drives a salt cart”. It is used to mean “to misuse a highly capable person by assigning them to an unworthy or unsuitable task; to waste talent by giving a skilled individual a trivial or inappropriate job”.
What is the Chinese definition of 骥服盐车?
骥：骏马；服：驾驭。让骏马驾盐车。比喻使用人才不当。