器用貧乏
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きようびんぼう 】
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[n]
[yoji]
- jack of all trades, master of none
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A 2021-03-18 04:41:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
OK
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A* 2021-03-17 18:51:49 Alan Cheng <...address hidden...> - Comments
I think the "master of none" part is valuable. "Jack of all trades" can be used to mean a versatile person without the negative meaning, whereas 器用貧乏 is always negative as far as I can tell.
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@@ -13 +13 @@ -<gloss>jack of all trades</gloss> +<gloss>jack of all trades, master of none</gloss>
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A 2021-03-16 03:30:13 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
It's in at least one list as such.
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A* 2021-03-16 03:28:32 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...> - Comments
not sure I agree with [yoji] here.
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daijs: 何事も一応はうまくできるために一事に徹底できず、かえって大成しないこと。また、そのような人。 no mention of adj-na
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@@ -11 +10,0 @@ -<pos>&adj-na;</pos> @@ -14 +13 @@ -<gloss>Jack of all trades and master of none</gloss> +<gloss>jack of all trades</gloss>
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A 2014-08-25 01:28:57 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> - Comments
Adding yoji tagAdding yoji tag -*- via bulkupd.py -*-
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Kanji Haitani list
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@@ -12,0 +13 @@ +<misc>&yoji;</misc>
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