大才小用
Traditional form:
大才小用
Pinyin (reading):
dàcáixiǎoyòng
Definitions:
- lit. making little use of great talent
- to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
Characters:
- 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
- 才 - ability, talent, gift; just, only
- 小 - small, tiny, insignificant
- 用 - to use, to employ, to apply; use
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