志大才疏

Chinese

		the will	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	negligent; sparse; thin
trad. (志大才疏)		志	大	才	疏
simp. #(志大才疏)		志	大	才	疏

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìdàcáishū

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄕㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ daai⁶ coi⁴ so¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìdàcáishū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄉㄚˋ ㄘㄞˊ ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhdàcáishu
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-ta⁴-tsʻai²-shu¹
    • Yale: jr̀-dà-tsái-shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhdahtsairshu
    • Palladius: чжидацайшу (čžidacajšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ tä⁵¹ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ daai⁶ coi⁴ so¹
    • Yale: ji daaih chòih sō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ daai⁶ tsoi⁴ so¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ dai⁶ coi⁴ so¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ taːi̯²² t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ sɔː⁵⁵/

Idiom

志大才疏

1. to have great ambitions but little talent or ability