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才疏学浅

to lack knowledge and skills

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Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

cai2shu1xue2qian3 • cáishūxuéqiǎn

Meaning

Primary

to lack knowledge and skills

Alternatives

lack knowledge and skills, to lack knowledge, lack knowledge, to be inexperienced, be inexperienced, inexperienced

Hint

This is a self-deprecating phrase to modestly express one's own intellectual shortcomings.

Mnemonic

才疏学浅 To lack knowledge and skills is to have only a 疏 sparse amount of 才 genius (or none at all), and to have only 学 studied a very 浅 shallow amount of material.

Usage

我 才疏学浅， 请 多 指教。

I lack knowledge and skills, please give me guidance.

他 才疏学浅， 还 在 学习。

He is lacks knowledge and skills and is still learning.

因为 才疏学浅， 我 常常 问 问题。

Because I lack knowledge and skills, I often ask questions.