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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 怀才不遇

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
怀才不遇 huái cái bù yù - to have talent but no opportunity (idiom)
- to be an unrecognized talent

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 52,127 26,952

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
怀 huái- surname Huai
怀 huái- bosom
- heart
- mind
- to think of
- to harbor in one's mind
- to conceive (a child)
cái- ability; talent
- sb of a certain type
- a capable individual
- then and only then
- just now
- (before an expression of quantity) only
cái- (variant of 才[cai2]) just now
- (variant of 才[cai2]) (before an expression of quantity) only
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
- surname Yu
- (bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned
- (bound form) to treat; to receive

Other Words Containing 怀才不遇

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo