Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 大材小用 (Dàcáixiǎoyòng)

Nánsòng zhùmíng àiguó círén Xīn Qìjí （1140－1207）yí guàn zhìxiàng yuǎn dà. Jīnrén nán qīn hòu, Xīn Qìjí céng zǔzhī liǎng qiān duō rén de duì wǔ zài gùxiāng qǐyì, dàn yóuyú huàirén de páijǐ hé dǎjī, tā hòulái chángqī xián jū zài Jiāngxī Shàngráo yí dài.
南宋著名爱国词人辛弃疾（1140－1207）一贯志向远大。金人南侵后，辛弃疾曾组织两千多人的队伍在故乡起义，但由于坏人的排挤和打击，他后来长期闲居在江西上饶一带。

A famous poet Xin Qiji(1140-1207 A.D.) who lived in Southern Song Dynasty was always full of ambition . After Jin army started the southward invasion, Xin Qiji organized a troop of more than 2000 people to fight against the enemies in his hometown. Because of the attack and pushing of villains, he had to live in Shangrao area of Jiangxi Province without doing any work for a long time.

Xīn Qìjí yǔ shīrén Lù Yóu shì hǎo péngyǒu. Lù yóu hěn xīnshǎng tā de cáihuá, céng wèi Xīn Qìjí xiě le yì shǒu shī chángshī, zài shī zhōng, Lù Yóu bǎ Xīn Qìjí kàn zuò shì hé gǔdài de dà zhèngzhì jiā, jūnshì jiā Guǎn Zhòng, Xiāo Hé yí yàng de rénwù, ràng tā zhī shì zài Zhèjiāng shěng dāng le yí gè Dōnglù ān fǔ shǐ, shí zài shì bǎ dà de cáiliào yòng zài le xiǎochù.
辛弃疾与诗人陆游是好朋友。陆游很欣赏他的才华，曾为辛弃疾写了一首诗长诗，在诗中，陆游把辛弃疾看作是和古代的大政治家、军事家管仲、萧何一样的人物，让他只是在浙江省当了一个东路安抚使，实在是把大的材料用在了小处。

Xin Qiji and Lu You, another famous poet, were good friends. Lu You appreciated Xin Qiji's talent. He once wrote a long poem for Xin Qiji. In this poem, Lu You compared Xin Qiji to the great statesmen and militarists like Guan Zhong and Xiao He. In his mind, working as a small official in Zhejiang Province was a total waste of Xin Qiji's talent.

Words：
组织zǔzhī： organize (v.)
排挤páijǐ： supplant；push aside (v.)
打击dǎjī： hit; strike; attack (v.)
欣赏xīnshǎng： appreciate (v.)
Meanings：

大材小用：“大材小用”指将很大的材料用在微小的地方，比喻对人才的使用不当。

"大材小用" means to put a great material for a petty use. It is a metaphor for misusing people's talents.

Sentences:

1. Zhe yàng Běijīng Dàxué bìyè de gāocái shēng, zài zhè gè xiǎo gōngsī lǐ dāng gè xiǎo mìshū, zhēn shì dàcái-xiǎoyòng le.
这样北京大学毕业的高材生，在这个小公司里当个小秘书，真是大材小用了。

It is totally Dacao-xiaoyong to have a top graduate from Peking University like you to work as a secretary in such a small company.

2.Bìxū shàn yú yòng rén, yào rén jìn qí cái, bú yào dàcái-xiǎoyòng.
必须善于用人，要人尽其才，不要大材小用。

A leader should know how to use people's talents, assign people the right jobs according to their talents, and should notDacao-xiaoyong.