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- ability; talent
- sb of a certain type
- a capable individual
- then and only then
- just now
- (before an expression of quantity) only
Trad. 纔
- (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
- (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only
- it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
- a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical)
- scholar
- skillful writer
- fine talent
Trad. 辯才天
- Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
Trad. 馮驥才
- Feng Jicai (1942-), novelist from Tianjin, author of Extraordinary people in our ordinary world 俗世奇人
Trad. 真才實學
- solid learning
- real ability and learning
- genuine talent
Trad. 識才尊賢
- to recognize talent and have great respect for it
- talented man and beautiful woman
- ideal couple
Trad. 江郎才盡
- Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent (idiom)
- fig. to have used up one's creative powers
- to have writer's block
- talent in both military and civil field (idiom)
- heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom); the great have great hardship to contend with
- those whom the Gods love die young
- lit. gifted scholar, beautiful lady (idiom)
- fig. pair of ideal lovers
- lit. beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
- fig. pair of ideal lovers
Trad. 才氣過人
- an outstanding talent (idiom)
- surpassing insight and acumen
Trad. 才疏學淺
- (humble expr.) of humble talent and shallow learning (idiom); Pray forgive my ignorance,...
Trad. 才華出眾
- outstanding talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
Trad. 才華橫溢
- brimming over with talent (esp. literary)
- brilliant
Trad. 才華蓋世
- peerless talent (idiom); incomparable artistic merit
- talented man and beautiful woman
- ideal couple
Trad. 才識過人
- an outstanding talent (idiom)
- surpassing insight and acumen
Trad. 才貌雙全
- talented and good-looking (idiom)
Trad. 人才濟濟
- a galaxy of talent (idiom)
- a great number of competent people
Trad. 德才兼備
- (idiom) possessing both integrity and talent
- (idiom) to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
Trad. 愛才若渴
- (idiom) to be eager to surround oneself with talented people
Trad. 懷才不遇
- to have talent but no opportunity (idiom)
- to be an unrecognized talent
Trad. 量才錄用
- to assess sb's capabilities and employ him accordingly (idiom); to employ sb competent for the task
Trad. 人盡其才
- employ one's talent to the fullest
- everyone gives of their best
Trad. 初露才華
- first sign of budding talent
- to display one's ability for the first time
Trad. 博學多才
- (idiom) erudite and multitalented; versatile and able
- spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
- Four great southern talents of the Ming, namely: Tang Bohu 唐伯虎, Zhu Zhishan 祝枝山, Wen Zhengming 文徵明|文征明 and Xu Zhenqing 徐禎卿|徐祯卿
Trad. 女子無才便是德
- a woman's virtue is to have no talent (idiom)