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埋没自己的才能

English translation: wasted (buried) one's talent

16:47 May 5, 2005
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Chinese term or phrase: 埋没自己的才能
埋没自己的才能
almm32
English translation:wasted (buried) one's talent
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billychang
Local time: 10:07
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2wasted (buried) one's talent
billychang
5 +1hide one's talents in a napkin
Hweiying (Fancie) Kao
5preventing something or someone from reaching its or his or her full potential
Ozethai
5FYI
jyuan_us
4hide one's light under a bush
Joyce Curran
3under-utilize one's potential 或 sell oneself short
wherestip
3modestly conceal one's talent; keep quiet about one's abilities; hide one's light under a bushel
chica nueva
3self-effacing; modest
Kelvin Wu


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埋没自己的才能
wasted (buried) one's talent


Explanation:
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billychang
Local time: 10:07
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agree  Philip Tang
4 hrs
agree  Zhuoqi Mills (X)
360 days
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
埋没自己的才能
preventing something or someone from reaching its or his or her full potential


Explanation:
Also expressed as "Denying something or someone from realizing its, or her, or his full potential. See the web citing and the pdf document below, where, e.g., "denying the public their full potential in" was used.


    Reference: http://games.channel.aol.com/review.adp?gameID=2642
    Reference: http://www.instituteofideas.com/transcripts/policywatch8.pdf
Ozethai
Australia
Local time: 01:07
Native speaker of: Native in ThaiThai, Native in ChineseChinese
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
埋没自己的才能
FYI


Explanation:
(Such a job/environment) keeps you/me from bring your/my ability(potential) into a full play.

(At the current position), your/my ability(talent) is under-used.



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Note added at 4 hrs 14 mins (2005-05-05 21:01:58 GMT)
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(Such a job/environment) keeps you/me from bringING your/my ability(potential) into a full play.

Sorry for the typo.

jyuan_us
United States
Local time: 11:07
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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
杽杤帺屓揑嵥擻
hide one's light under a bush


Explanation:
hide one's light under a bush

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Note added at 5 hrs 33 mins (2005-05-05 22:21:24 GMT)
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It is simplified Chinese GB 2312, I have no idea why it looks funny, I can\'t read it too. It was supposed to be \"埋没自己的才能\", a old saying in UK.

Joyce Curran
Local time: 16:07
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  billychang: Cannot read your Chinese (what is the encoding ?)
1 hr
agree  chica nueva: the saying is 'hide one's light under a bushel' from the Bible Matthew 5:15 Mark 4:21 Luke 11:33 (I'm not sure but bushel is an old word for barrel, say for storing grain, I think)
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
埋没自己的才能
hide one's talents in a napkin


Explanation:
several expressions:
hide one's talents in a napkin
hide one's talents under a napkin
wrap one's talents in a napkin
hide one's talents in the earth

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Note added at 11 hrs 31 mins (2005-05-06 04:19:37 GMT)
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\"hide one\'s talents in a napkin\" is a very very common and general English term for 埋没自己的才能. It\'s not a Chinese translated expression, but it\'s definitely a common phrase for English speaking people.
Check how many google hits you will get from this expression!

不走尋常的路走一不路------------- Blogcn | 中國博客網| 博客(blog ...
... Hide nothing from thy physician. 切莫諱疾忌醫。 Hide one\'s
talents in a napkin.埋沒自己的才能。 His heart cannot be pure whose tongue is not clear. 嘴不淨者心不純。 History repeats itself. 歷史本身常重演。 ...
ziyongwong.blogcn.com/ - 58k -

Talents, Gifts, and Faith
... With all my gifts and all my talents, my opportunities seemed boundless, my choices unlimited, my whole life a ... who have convinced themselves you have chosen to hide your treasure in a napkin and bury it underground when all the ...
www.fitnessforoneandall.com/difficulties/article/suffering/...
...................................................

Hweiying (Fancie) Kao
Taiwan
Local time: 23:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  wherestip
19 hrs
neutral  chica nueva: never heard of this one, it's not common in English as far as I know.
2 days 5 hrs
  -> maybe not in your region....i have no idea coz I have never been to your country :)
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19 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
埋没自己的才能
under-utilize one's potential 或 sell oneself short


Explanation:
a suggestion

wherestip
United States
Local time: 10:07
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2 days 5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
埋没自己的才能
modestly conceal one's talent; keep quiet about one's abilities; hide one's light under a bushel


Explanation:
Expressions & Sayings (H)
... Hide one's light under a bushel - modestly conceal one's talent Bushel is an
obsolete word for both a fixed measure (8 gallons and about 2200 cubic ...
users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayingsh.htm - 58k - Cached - Similar pages


Imperial Measures of Volume
... "To hide one's light under a bushel" means to keep quiet about one's abilities.
A bushel is a container that holds a bushel of dry goods, ...
www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/volume.htm - 27k - Cached - Similar pages



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Note added at 2 days 5 hrs 36 mins (2005-05-07 22:24:48 GMT)
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chica nueva
Local time: 03:07
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2 days 6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
埋没自己的才能
self-effacing; modest


Explanation:
Don't know your context. If the term is being used in an adjectival manner in a long sentence, then try this.

Kelvin Wu
Local time: 11:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ChineseChinese
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