不才

不才

1. (humble) without talent

   小弟不才，還需向各位多多請教！
   小弟不才，还需向各位多多请教！

   Xiǎodì bùcái, hái xū xiàng gèwèi duōduō qǐngjiào!

   I'm not talented and need to learn from you.

不才

1. (literary, humble) I; me

   • 至以「上下相孚，才德稱位」語不才，則不才有深感焉。夫才德不稱，固自知之矣；至於不孚之病，則尤不才為甚。
     至以「上下相孚，才德称位」语不才，则不才有深感焉。夫才德不称，固自知之矣；至于不孚之病，则尤不才为甚。

     From: c. mid-16th century, 宗臣 (Zong Chen),《報劉一丈書》, tr. Victor H. Mair

     Zhì yǐ “shàngxià xiāng fú, cáidé chèn wèi” yù bùcái, zé bùcái yǒu shēngǎn yān. Fú cáidé bùchèn, gù zìzhī zhī yǐ; zhìyú bùfú zhī bìng, zé yóu bùcái wéishèn.

     When you speak to me of “superior and inferior persons having mutual trust” and “ability and good character corresponding to position,” I am deeply moved. That my ability and character are not in keeping with my position is something of which I am keenly aware; and I am especially to be faulted when it comes to the question of trust.