Learning is shallow and talent is scarce

Learning is shallow and talent is scarce

Talent is not high, knowledge is not deep.

Idioms and allusions

Source: Literary Mind and Carving Dragons · Shensi written by Liang and Liu Xie of the Southern Dynasty: "if the learning is shallow but empty and late, then it is sparse and quick, and then it becomes a tool, not heard before." Ming Gaoming's Pipa Ji Nanpu bid farewell: "if you study and think about being the number one scholar, I'm afraid you are not good at learning." Example: I can only do my best.

Discrimination of words

Usage: as predicate and attribute; mostly used for self modesty.