大才小用 — “To waste great talent on a petty job”
大才小用 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to waste great talent on a petty job”. To employ a highly capable person in a minor position. Literally, “Great talent small use”.
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大才小用 Pronunciation and Pinyin
大才小用 Character Breakdown
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他明明是位经验丰富的工程师，却被安排去处理一些琐碎的行政工作，这真是大才小用。
He is clearly an experienced engineer, but he was assigned to handle trivial administrative tasks; this is truly a case of great talent being wasted on a petty job.
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Synonyms of 大才小用
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- dà大shì事huà化xiǎo小，，xiǎo小shì事huà化wú无reduce big problems to nothing
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What does 大才小用 mean?
大才小用 (dà cái xiǎo yòng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to waste great talent on a petty job”.
How do you pronounce 大才小用?
大才小用 is pronounced dà cái xiǎo yòng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 大才小用 literally mean?
Literally, 大才小用 means “Great talent small use”. It is used to mean “to waste great talent on a petty job”.
What is the Chinese definition of 大才小用?
比喻人才使用不当，不能尽其才