才能
cái néng
Pinyin

Definition

才能
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cái néng
  1. talent
  2. ability
  3. capacity

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

才
cái
  1. 1 ability
  2. 2 talent
  3. 3 sb of a certain type
  4. 4 a capable individual
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 only then
  7. 7 just now
能
Néng
  1. 1 surname Neng
人才
rén cái
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 talented person
  3. 3 looks
  4. 4 attractive looks
刚才
gāng cái
  1. 1 just now
  2. 2 a moment ago
功能
gōng néng
  1. 1 function
  2. 2 capability

Idioms (20)

不以规矩，不能成方圆
bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán
  1. 1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules
不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
人才济济
rén cái jǐ jǐ
  1. 1 a galaxy of talent (idiom)
  2. 2 a great number of competent people
任贤使能
rèn xián shǐ néng
  1. 1 to appoint the virtuous and use the able (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers

Sample Sentences

才能撇清G这个不食人间烟火的艺术家和为五斗米折腰的匠人，以及无利不起早的商贾之间令人尴尬的关系。
cáinéng piěqīng G zhège bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ de yìshùjiā hé wéi wǔdǒumǐ zhéyāo de jiàngrén ，yǐjí wúlì bùqǐzǎo de shānggǔ zhījiān lìngrén gāngà de guānxi 。
This clarifies the awkward relationship between G, the artist, who is otherworldly, and the craftsmen who must bow for their food, and merchants who only do things for their own benefit.
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我…我这是刻意捏的，这样才有不规则的美感。你再看这碗身的弧线，我把手指间的力度拿捏得不错，才能呈现出这么流畅的线条。
wǒ …wǒ zhè shì kèyì niē de ，zhèyàng cái yǒu bùguīzé de měigǎn 。nǐ zài kàn zhè wǎn shēn de húxiàn ，wǒ bǎ shǒuzhǐ jiān de lìdù nániē de bùcuò ，cáinéng chéngxiàn chū zhème liúchàng de xiàntiáo 。
I… I shaped it that way deliberately, that’s how I gave it its irregular beauty. Look again at the curvature of the cup’s body, I had to pinch it with just the right amount of pressure between my fingers, and only then did I manage to get such smooth lines.
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我心里有猛虎在细嗅蔷薇”。人生原是战场，有猛虎才能在逆流里立定脚跟，在逆风里把握方向，做暴风雨中的海燕，做不改颜色的孤星。
wǒ xīnli yǒu měng hǔ zài xì xiù qiángwēi ”。rénshēng yuán shì zhànchǎng ，yǒu měng hǔ cáinéng zài nìliú lǐ lìdìng jiǎogēn ，zài nìfēng lǐ bǎwò fāngxiàng ，zuò bàofēngyǔ zhōng de hǎiyàn ，zuò bù gǎi yánsè de gūxīng 。
"In me the tiger sniffs the rose". Life is a battleground, and having a fierce tiger in one's heart is the only way you can get a firm footing against the flow of the stream, and orient oneself in the wind, like a swallow in the storm, or a lone star that never changes its color.
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有猛虎，才能创造慷慨悲歌的英雄事业；涵蔓耿介拔俗的志士胸怀，才能做到孟郊所谓的“镜破不改光，兰死不改香”！
yǒu měng hǔ ，cáinéng chuàngzào kāngkǎibēigē de yīngxióng shìyè ；hánmàn gěngjiè bású de zhìshì xiōnghuái ，cáinéng zuò dào Mèng Jiāo suǒwèi de “jìng pò bù gǎi guāng ，lán sǐ bù gǎi xiāng ”！
Only with a tiger in one's heart can one bring about a solemn and tragic heroic undertaking; only with an idealistic heart brimming with uprightness and justness can one accomplish what Meng Jiao referred to with the lines "Even a broken mirror doesn't lose its sheen; even when an orchid withers, it doesn't lose its fragrance".
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同时人生又是幽谷，有蔷薇才能烛隐显幽，体贴入微；有蔷薇才能看到苍蝇控脚，蜘蛛吐丝，才能听到暮色潜动，春草萌芽，才能做到“一沙一世界，一花一天国”。
tóngshí rénshēng yòu shì yōugǔ ，yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng zhúyǐnxiǎnyōu ，tǐtiērùwēi ；yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng kàndào cāngying kòngjiǎo ，zhīzhū tǔ sī ，cáinéng tīngdào mùsè qiándòng ，chūncǎo méngyá ，cáinéng zuò dào “yī shā yī shìjiè ，yī huā yī tiānguó ”。
At the same time, life is like a deep valley, only a rose can serve as a flickering candle in the darkness, in all its attentiveness; only with a rose can you see the fly's legs and the spider spitting silk, Only then can you here the movement of the twilight, and the sprouting of the spring grass, only then is it possible "To see a World in a Grain of Sand. And a Heaven in a Wild Flower."
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我能力不如别人，只好笨鸟先飞，才能早入林。
wǒ nénglì bùrú biéren ，zhǐhǎo bènniǎoxiānfēi ，cáinéng zǎo rù lín 。
I am inferior to others. I have to practice more so I can succeed.
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