| 自学成才 |
zì xué chéng cái |
a self-made genius |
| 自 |
zì |
(bound form) self; oneself / from; since / naturally; as a matter of course |
| 自学 |
zì xué |
self-study / to study on one's own |
| 学 |
xué |
to learn / to study / to imitate / science / -ology |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
| 成才 |
chéng cái |
to make sth of oneself / to become a person who is worthy of respect |
| 才 |
cái |
ability; talent / sb of a certain type / a capable individual / then and only then / just now / (before an expression of quantity) only / (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually |
| 才 |
cái |
(variant of 才) just now / (variant of 才) (before an expression of quantity) only |