Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「蓋世之才」 and how it’s used.
We’re presenting the idiom 「蓋世之才」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.
Unrivaled: overwhelming the world and surpassing everything in the world; Talented: talent. Describes talent that is beyond one’s contemporaries and unparalleled.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
gài shì zhī cái
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
goi3/koi3 sai3 ji1 choi4
Chinese idioms are vast in number, each carrying unique meanings and usages. With such variety, there’s a lot to learn and appreciate. Hopefully, these resources will aid you on your journey to mastering Chinese.
