懷才不遇

See also: 怀才不遇

Chinese

		to think of; to cherish; mind to think of; to cherish; mind; heart; bosom	ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just	not; no	meet with
trad. (懷才不遇)		懷	才	不	遇
simp. (怀才不遇)		怀	才	不	遇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huái cái bù yù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): waai⁴ coi⁴ bat¹ jyu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huái cái bù yù [Phonetic: huái cái bú yù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄞˊ ㄘㄞˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huái cái bù yù
    • Wade–Giles: huai² tsʻai² pu⁴ yü⁴
    • Yale: hwái tsái bù yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwai tsair bu yuh
    • Palladius: хуай цай бу юй (xuaj caj bu juj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯aɪ̯³⁵ t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ y⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: waai⁴ coi⁴ bat¹ jyu⁶
    • Yale: wàaih chòih bāt yuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: waai⁴ tsoi⁴ bat⁷ jy⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wai⁴ coi⁴ bed¹ yu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /waːi̯²¹ t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ jyː²²/

Idiom

懷才不遇

1. to have talent, but no opportunity to use it