朽木之才 — “A person of no talent or potential”
朽木之才 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a person of no talent or potential”. A good-for-nothing; someone useless and untrainable. Literally, “rotten wood talent”.
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朽木之才 Pronunciation and Pinyin
朽木之才 Character Breakdown
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他总是抱怨自己是朽木之才，怎么努力也学不好这门技术。
He always complains that he is a person of no talent, no matter how hard he tries, he can't master this skill.
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- xiǔ朽gē戈dùn钝jiǎ甲poorly equipped troops
- xiǔ朽mù木bù不kě可diāo雕incorrigible or beyond redemption
- xiǔ朽mù木bù不diāo雕untrainable or unimprovable person
- xiǔ朽mù木kū枯zhū株useless old person
- xiǔ朽mù木sǐ死huī灰utterly disheartened and lifeless
- xiǔ朽mù木shēng生huā花turn from decay to flourishing
- xiǔ朽mù木fèn粪tǔ土an incorrigible good-for-nothing
- xiǔ朽mù木fèn粪qiáng墙beyond salvage or improvement
- xiǔ朽mù木nán难diāo彫beyond redemption or improvement
- xiǔ朽mù木nán难diāo雕rotten wood cannot be carved
- xiǔ朽tiáo条fǔ腐suǒ索extremely fragile, weak, or unreliable
- xiǔ朽zhū株kū枯mù木old, decaying, and useless
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What does 朽木之才 mean?
朽木之才 (xiǔ mù zhī cái) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a person of no talent or potential”.
How do you pronounce 朽木之才?
朽木之才 is pronounced xiǔ mù zhī cái in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 朽木之才 literally mean?
Literally, 朽木之才 means “rotten wood talent”. It is used to mean “a person of no talent or potential”.
What is the Chinese definition of 朽木之才?
朽木：腐烂的木头。像烂木头的人才。比喻不堪造就或无用的人