4 characters Idiom and proverb 3 08

Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「才短氣粗」—details below.

Learn about the idiom 「才短氣粗」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.

Talent: talent; short: short-sighted; temperament: temperament. Lack of talent, rude temperament.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cái duǎn qì cū

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

choi4 dyun2 hei3 chou1

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