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器用貧乏
Hiragana
きようびんぼう
Noun
Japanese Meaning
さまざまなことを人並み以上にそつなくこなすが、これといった突出した長所や専門性がないこと。また、そのような人。
Easy Japanese Meaning
なんでもそこそこできるが、とくにとても上手な分野がない人のこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
博而不精 / 样样会却样样不精 / 多才多艺但缺乏专精
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
樣樣通但不精的人 / 多才多藝卻缺乏專精者 / 能做很多事卻無一擅長的人
Korean Meaning
여러 일을 두루 잘하지만 한 분야에 특출나지 못한 사람 / 다방면에 능하지만 전문성이 부족한 상태 / 재능은 많으나 결정적인 강점이 없어 이익을 못 보는 경우
Vietnamese Meaning
người biết nhiều nhưng không tinh / đa năng nhưng không chuyên / có nhiều tài vặt nhưng không xuất sắc
Tagalog Meaning
taong marunong sa maraming bagay ngunit walang pinagkadalubhasaan / maraming alam pero walang espesyalisasyon / sanay sa iba’t ibang bagay ngunit hindi eksperto sa alinman
Sense（1）
jack of all trades; jack of all trades, master of none
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jack of all trades; jack of all trades, master of none
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器用貧乏
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He is a jack of all trades, he can do anything, but there's nothing he's particularly good at.
He is a jack of all trades, he can do anything, but there's nothing he's particularly good at.
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彼は器用貧乏で、何でもできるけど、特に優れたものはない。
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