The company has been recruiting outstanding talent from all quarters.
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Literary and a bit dated. In modern writing 人才 (réncái, talent) or 精英 (jīngyīng, elite) are far more common; 翘材 turns up mostly in formal praise or older texts.
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翘 (qiáo) here means 'to stand out, raise above' — the same 翘 as in 翘楚 (qiáochǔ, outstanding). Picture 'timber that sticks out above the rest.'
