Talent is less than virtue

Talent is less than virtue

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C á IQ ī NGD é B ó, which means lack of talent and moral integrity. It's from "returning home in Splendor".

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Wu Mingshi's the first fold of returning home in rich clothes: "I want to live in a poor family and grow up in a white house. I have little talent and virtue, and I am poor in wisdom. If you have any help, you will not abandon me."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in modesty

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: lack of talent and virtue antonym: both ability and virtue