杉木尾，不成材
杉木尾，不成材
杉木尾，不成材
the tip of a fir tree: can't become timber (can't become talent)
Saying俗语俗語
Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now
- Meaning
- Said of a person with no ability who will never amount to anything. Mocking.
- Wordplay
- 材 (cái, timber) is written for 才 (cái, talent), which sound the same: the fir tip can't make timber, and the person can't be a talent.
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- Simplified
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杉木尾，不成材
- Pinyin
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shāmù wěi, bùchéngcái
- Bopomofo
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ㄕㄚ ㄇㄨˋ ㄨㄟˇ，ㄅㄨˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄘㄞˊ
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