博学多才

博學多才

bóxué-duōcái

idiom

Meanings

1 erudite and multi-talented
2 broadly learned and versatile
3 widely knowledgeable and gifted

Characters

broad / extensive

Examples

HSK 7-9

这位教授博学多才，精通五种语言。

Zhè wèi jiàoshòu bóxué-duōcái, jīngtōng wǔ zhǒng yǔyán.

This professor is erudite and versatile, fluent in five languages.

HSK 7-9

他博学多才，既会画画又会作曲。

Tā bóxué-duōcái, jì huì huàhuà yòu huì zuòqǔ.

He's broadly talented - he can both paint and compose music.

Tips

history

Recorded in 《晋书·郤诜传》 describing the Jin-dynasty scholar Xi Shen: 诜博学多才，魁伟倜傥 ('widely learned and multi-talented, grand of bearing and unconventional').

Stroke Order

博 bó

学 xué

多 duō

才 cái