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"genius" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
天才 tiān cái talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted syn
奇才 qí cái genius syn
俊杰 俊傑 jùn jié elite / outstanding talent / genius syn
贤才 賢才 xián cái a genius / a talented person syn
珠玉 zhū yù pearls and jades / jewels / clever remark / beautiful writing / gems of wisdom / genius / outstanding person
谪仙 謫仙 zhé xiān a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白[Li3 Bai2] / (fig.) banished official
Chinese Pinyin Translation
土地 tǔ di local god / genius loci syn
诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn
元宝 元寶 yuán bǎo a silver or gold ingot / mock ingot (burnt as offering in worship) / a name for ancient currency / a rare genius syn
刘伯温 劉伯溫 liú bó wēn Liu Bowen (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius, also called Liu Ji 劉基|刘基[Liu2 Ji1]
初露头角 初露頭角 chū lù tóu jiǎo lit. to first show one's horns (idiom) / fig. a first show of emerging talent / first sign of emerging talent / budding genius
伏龙凤雏 伏龍鳳雛 fú lóng fèng chú hidden genius (idiom)
大智如愚 dà zhì rú yú the wise may appear stupid (idiom) / a genius not appreciated in his own time
珠玉在侧 珠玉在側 zhū yù zài cè gems at the side (idiom) / flanked by genius
锦囊妙计 錦囊妙計 jǐn náng miào jì brocade sack of miracle plans (idiom) / bag of tricks / fiendishly cunning masterplan (written out by strategic genius of fiction, and given to the local commander in a brocade bag) syn
自学成才 自學成才 zì xué chéng cái a self-made genius
天才出自勤奋 天才出自勤奮 tiān cái chū zì qín fèn genius comes from hard effort / Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison)
怪才 guài cái eccentric genius / quirky genius
三个臭皮匠，合成一个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，合成一個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , hé chéng yī gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom
三个臭皮匠，赛过一个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，賽過一個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò yī gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，賽過諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , sài guò zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
三个臭皮匠，顶个诸葛亮 三個臭皮匠，頂個諸葛亮 sān gè chòu pí jiang , dǐng gè zhū gě liàng lit. three ignorant cobblers add up to a genius (idiom) / fig. collective wisdom / wisdom of the masses exceeds that of any individual
刘基 劉基 liú jī Liu Ji or Liu Bowen 劉伯溫|刘伯温[Liu2 Bo2 wen1] (1311-1375), general under the first Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋[Zhu1 Yuan2 zhang1], with a reputation as a military genius
天妒英才 tiān dù yīng cái heaven is jealous of heroic genius (idiom) / the great have great hardship to contend with / those whom the Gods love die young
雏凤 雛鳳 chú fèng lit. phoenix in embryo / fig. young talent / budding genius
文曲星 wén qǔ xīng constellation governing scholarship and examinations / (fig.) renowned literary genius / brand name of handheld electronic dictionaries made by Beijing company Golden Global View
鬼才 guǐ cái creative genius
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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