埋没
máimò
to bury; to let talent go unnoticed
Characters in this word
没 méi
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果只按资历提拔，许多有创造力的年轻人会被制度埋没。 Rúguǒ zhǐ àn zīlì tíbá, xǔduō yǒu chuàngzàolì de niánqīng rén huì bèi zhìdù máimò. If promotion is based only on seniority, many creative young people will be buried by the system.
- 他的才华被埋没了很多年，直到四十岁才有人发现。 Tā de cáihuá bèi máimò le hěn duō nián, zhídào sìshí suì cái yǒu rén fāxiàn. His talent went unnoticed for many years, and was only discovered when he was forty.
- 好的想法不应该被埋没在抽屉里。 Hǎo de xiǎngfǎ bù yīnggāi bèi máimò zài chōuti lǐ. Good ideas shouldn't be left buried in a drawer.
Related words
- 埋 mái to bury
- 埋藏 máicáng to bury; to hide underground
- 埋伏 máifú to lie in ambush
- 埋头苦干 máitóukǔgàn to work diligently with one’s head down
- 埋葬 máizàng to bury; to put to rest
- 埋怨 mányuàn to complain; to blame
- 没 méi not (have); did not
- 没关系 méiguānxi it doesn't matter, never mind
- 没什么 méishénme it's nothing, never mind
- 没事儿 méishìr it's nothing, never mind
- 没有 méiyǒu not have, there is no; did not
- 没用 méiyòng useless