怀才不遇 — Chinese idiom
怀才不遇
huái cái bù yù
Traditional: 懷才不遇
Meaning
- to have talent but no opportunity
- to be an unrecognized talent
Character by character
- 怀huáibosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
- 才cáiability, talent, gift; just, only
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 遇yùto meet, to encounter, to come across
Idioms sharing a character
- 不怀好意 bù huái hǎo yì
- 宽大为怀 kuān dà wéi huái
- 心怀忐忑 xīn huái tǎn tè
- 怀璧其罪 huái bì qí zuì
- 耿耿于怀 gěng gěng yú huái
- 胸怀坦荡 xiōng huái tǎn dàng
- 虚怀若谷 xū huái ruò gǔ
- 襟怀坦白 jīn huái tǎn bái
- 身怀六甲 shēn huái liù jiǎ
- 关怀备至 guān huái bèi zhì
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