not talented
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xu é sh ū C á IQI ǎ n, which means not high in talent and knowledge. It is often used as a word of self modesty. It comes from cold swallow in Pingshan and truant biography.
The origin of Idioms
"Pingshan Lengyan" Chapter 4: "if you say that archaeology writing, I was a late scholar, I dare not boast
Pu Songling's play truant biography in the Qing Dynasty: "don't say that the boy is not very good at learning when he is young. He is the old Confucian. He has a good method. He is rich in learning and has read thousands of books. He has no place to search and recruit."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in self modesty.
Examples
I don't know how to do it. I'm afraid I can't get it right. The fourth scene of Pingju "qinxianglian"
Chinese PinYin : xué shū cái qiǎn
not talented
posing as a pheasant standing on one foot. jīn jī dú lì
advantageous to both public and private interest. gōng sī liǎng biàn
like to do grandiose things to impress people. hào dà xǐ gōng
A beautiful woman has a bad life. jiā rén bó mìng
perfect match between a man and a girl. nǚ mào láng cái