A rotten talent makes a dirty job

A rotten talent makes a dirty job

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C á IXI ǔ x í nghu ì, which means no talent and no virtue. Sometimes it is used as a modest word. From the book of Bao sun Hui Zong.

The origin of Idioms

Yang Yun of the Han Dynasty wrote in his book of reporting to sun Huizong: "Yun's materials are rotten and his deeds are filthy, and his literary quality is not at the bottom."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate; used in modesty.