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be endowed with great/unusual talents; have profound learning (It is an idiom which derived from a saying of Xie Lingyun that "Cao Zhi takes 80 percent of the whole talent in the world, and I take 10 percent.")

cái gāo bā dǒu

才 高 八 斗

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slbe endowed with great/unusual talents; have profound learning (It is an idiom which derived from a saying of Xie Lingyun that "Cao Zhi takes 80 percent of the whole talent in the world, and I take 10 percent.")
- tā shì yī wèi cái gāo bā dǒu de shī rén
  他是一位才高八斗的诗人。
  He is a poet of profound learning.
- tā de qī zi bù jǐn zhǎng de huā róng yuè mào ér qiě cái gāo bā dǒu
  他的妻子不仅长得花容月貌，而且才高八斗。
  His wife is not only beautiful, but also talented.
- xiǎng yào cái gāo bā dǒu jiù yào bó lǎn qún shū
  想要才高八斗，就要博览群书。
  If you want to be talented, you must read widely.
synonym
cái huá héng yì才华横溢 bó lǎn qún shū博览群书 xué fù wǔ chē学富五车 mǎn fù jīng lún满腹经纶 bó wén qiáng jì博闻强记 cái shí guò rén才识过人 bā dǒu zhī cái八斗之才 mǎn fù zhū jī满腹珠玑 rú chuán dà bǐ如椽大笔 cái zhān bā dǒu才占八斗
antonym
cái shū xué qiǎn才疏学浅 xiōng wú diǎn mò胸无点墨 cái shū zhì qiǎn才疏智浅 cái shū zhì qiǎn才疏志浅

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