Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「命世之才」 for your learning.
Today’s idiom is 「命世之才」. We’ve outlined its meaning and practical application below.
Originally refers to the talents who are born into the world in accordance with the will of heaven. Later it mostly refers to outstanding talents whose fame and talents are respected by the world. Also written as “a hero of the world” and “a hero of the world”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mìng shì zhī cái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
meng6 sai3 ji1 choi4
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