have little talent and less learning

have little talent and less learning

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C á ISH ū Xu é Qi ǎ n, which means that talent is not high and knowledge is not deep. It comes from Gu yongzhuan, the book of Han Dynasty.

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have little talent and less learning

Pinyin

cáishūxuéqiǎn

Citation explanation

Talent is inferior, knowledge is shallow. It is often used as a word of self modesty. In the book of Han Dynasty, Gu yongzhuan: "the officials are decadent, the learning is shallow, and they don't know anything about politics." In the Southern Dynasty, Liang and Liu Xie's literary mind and Carving Dragons, Shensi said, "if the learning is shallow and empty, then it's sparse and quick. It's a tool that has never been heard before." Chapter five and six of Jing Hua Yuan: my sister is a solid scholar, but she is not willing to give up. Chapter 6 of Lao Can's Travels: on the one hand, I know that I'm not good at learning, so I don't praise him; on the other hand, because of the great reputation of Yu taizun, I want to see what kind of person he is. Chapter 11 of the history of pain written by Wu Jianren in Qing Dynasty: Although I have this ambition, I am only a scholar with little talent, younger age and less experience.

Analysis of Idioms

Wu Xia a Meng is erudite and versatile

Idiom usage

Combined; predicate; self modesty