英雄無用武之地
简 英雄无用武之地 · 繁 英雄無用武之地Meanings
- a hero with no chance of using his might
- to have no opportunity to display one's talents
Characters in this entry
- 英
- yīng · petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English
- 雄
- xióng · male of species; hero; manly
- 無
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- 用
- yòng · use, employ, apply, operate; use
- 武
- wǔ · military; martial, warlike
- 之
- zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
- 地
- de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
- 无
- wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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Mandarin tones
1–2–2–4–3–1–4 · ying1 xiong2 wu2 yong4 wu3 zhi1 di4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
jing1 hung4 mou4 jung6 mou5 zi1 dei6
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phrase
- (figuratively) to have no opportunity to display one's talents
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