才 cái
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cái
adverb
just now
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: (Unihan '才'; XHZD '才' 3) -
cái
adverb
not until; only then
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 你去我才去 'I will only go if you go.' (Sun 2006, loc 2032; XHZD '才' 3) -
cái
noun
ability; talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '才') -
cái
noun
ability; talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '才' 1) -
cái
noun
a person of greast talent
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (XHZD '才' 2)
Contained in
- 多才 multi-talented
- 大才小用 making little use of great talent; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
- 辩才无碍(辯才無礙) able to speak eloquently
- 初露才华(初露才華) first sign of budding talent; to display one's ability for the first time
- 才智 ability and wisdom
- 才轻德薄(才輕德薄) lacking ability and scant virtue
- 英才 a talented person
- 才女 talented girl
- 人才外流 brain drain
- 恃才傲物 to be inordinately proud of one's ability; to be conceited and contemptuous
- 江郎才尽(江郎才盡) Jiang Yan has exhausted his talent; to have used up one's creative powers; to have writer's block
- 通才 polymath; all-round person
- 才略 ability and sagacity
- 自学成才(自學成才) a self-made genius
- 有才干(有才幹) capable
- 才怪 it'd be a wonder if... (following a verb phrase that is usually negative)
- 才不 by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right!
- 不打不成才 spare the rod and spoil the child
- 异才(異才) extraordinary talent
- 量才录用(量才錄用) judge ability and use a person accordingly
- 才思 imaginative power; creativeness
- 干才(幹才) ability; capable
- 才高八斗 of great talent
- 起贤才(起賢才) to promote worthy and talented people
- 通才教育 liberal education; general education
- 全才 an all-rounder
- 才华出众(才華出眾) outstanding talent; incomparable artistic merit
- 人才济济(人才濟濟) a galaxy of talent; a great number of competent people
- 识多才广(識多才廣) knowledgeable and versatile
- 女子无才便是德(女子無才便是德) a woman's virtue is to have no talent
- 天妒英才 heaven is jealous of heroic genius; the great have great hardship to contend with
- 德才兼备(德才兼備) to possess both ability and integrity
- 才艺秀(才藝秀) talent show
- 才识过人(才識過人) an outstanding talent; surpassing insight and acumen
- 才华横溢(才華橫溢) brimming over with talent; brilliant
- 却才(卻才) just now
- 鬼才信 who would believe it!; what rubbish!
- 才艺(才藝) talent
- 郎才女貌 talented man and beautiful woman; ideal couple
- 趬才 agile
- 才分 ability; talent; gift
- 适才(適才) just now; a moment ago
- 甄别人才(甄別人才) able to discern talent
- 征才(徵才) to recruit
- 才外流 brain drain
- 高才 great talent; rare capability; person of outstanding ability
- 社交才能 social accomplishment
- 才华(才華) talent
- 天才 talent ; talented person; a genius
- 秀才 a talented person ; a person who has passed the imperial exams at the county level ; a scholar
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