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怀才不遇

huái cái bù yù

4-character word Traditional 懷才不遇

What 怀才不遇 means

1. to have talent but no opportunity (idiom)
2. to be an unrecognized talent

The characters in 怀才不遇

• 怀huáibosom; heart; mind
• 才cáiability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…