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.
Chinese PinYin : cái xiǔ xíng huì
A rotten talent makes a dirty job
Burn the boat and break the cauldron. fén zhōu pò fǔ
said of a monk who is profound in meditation and self-examination. miàn bì gōng shēn
All things besieged and all things Besieged. shí wéi wǔ gōng
at the death of one 's father or mother. qì xuè jī sǎng
being vigorous and unrestrained. háo fàng bù jī