A highly skilled or talented person encountering adverse circumstances or poverty; a paradox where ability doesn't bring prosperity.
他虽然是位手艺精湛的匠人，但却一直百巧千穷，生活过得并不如意。
Despite being a craftsman with exquisite skills, he has always been a person of "a hundred skills, a thousand poverties," living an unsatisfactory life.
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