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The idiom being introduced now is 「長才短馭」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.

It means that one has great talent but is not being used properly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

zhǎng cái duǎn yù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

cheung4 choi4 dyun2 yu6

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