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天才

tiān cái · tian cai

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HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. talent
  2. gift
  3. genius
  4. talented
  5. gifted
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The chess champion

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)连(lián)赢了(yíngle)三盘(sānpán)，你(nǐ)是(shì)天才(tiāncái)吧(ba)？

    Liangliang, you won three games in a row. Are you a genius?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)不是(bùshì)天才(tiāncái)，我(wǒ)只是(zhǐshì)每天(měitiān)练习(liànxí)。

    I'm not a genius. I just practise every day.

  3. Dengdeng

    可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)朋友(péngyou)都(dōu)说(shuō)你(nǐ)是(shì)天才(tiāncái)。

    But your friends all say you are a genius.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)是(shì)因为(yīnwèi)他们(tāmen)没(méi)看到(kàndào)，我(wǒ)每天(měitiān)练(liàn)到(dào)半夜(bànyè)。

    That's because they don't see me practise until midnight every day.

  5. Dengdeng

    原来(yuánlái)天才(tiāncái)是(shì)这样(zhèyàng)练(liàn)出来(chūlái)的(de)！

    So that's how a genius is made!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

天(tiān)才(cái)们(men)有(yǒu)一(yí)个(gè)重(zhòng)要(yào)的(de)缺(quē)点(diǎn)：他(tā)们(men)不(bú)会(huì)输(shū)。

Brilliant people have one major drawback - they don't know how to lose.

Tatoeba: Chinese by FeuDRenais · English by FeuDRenais2 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)在(zài)数(shù)学(xué)方(fāng)面(miàn)是(shì)个(gè)天(tiān)才(cái)，解(jiě)题(tí)速(sù)度(dù)特(tè)别(bié)快(kuài)。

He is a genius in mathematics and solves problems especially quickly.

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