大材小用

Chinese

outstanding talent; person of great ability
 
small; tiny; few; young
to use
simp. and trad.
(大材小用)
大材
variant forms 大才小用

Pronunciation


Idiom

大材小用

  1. to use a talented person in an insignificant position; to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
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