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not; no
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ability; talent; endowment ability; talent; endowment; gift; an expert; only (then); only if; just |
simp. and trad.
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| Literally: “not-talented ”.
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Pronunciation
Adjective
不才
- (humble) without talent
小弟不才，還需向各位多多請教！ [MSC, trad.]
小弟不才，还需向各位多多请教！ [MSC, simp.]- Xiǎodì bùcái, hái xū xiàng gèwèi duōduō qǐngjiào!
- I'm not talented and need to learn from you.
Pronoun
不才
- (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。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
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。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: c. middle 16th century, Zong Chen（宗臣）,《報劉一丈書》, translated by Lin Yutang, 1940.
- Zhì yǐ “shàngxià xiāng fú, cáidé chèn wèi” yǔ bùcái, zé bùcái yǒu shēngǎn yān. Fū cáidé bùchèn, gù zìzhī zhī yǐ; zhìyú bùfú zhī bìng, zé yóu bùcái wèishèn.
- As for what you say about “getting along with superiors and inferiors” and showing “competence at the job,” I do want to say something. I know my incompetence already, but am even more conscious of the difficulty of getting along with people.
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