人才济济 (rén cái jǐ jǐ) — a wealth of talent; many capable people gathered together

Definition

A formal chengyu meaning a place is crowded with talented people — always praises a group, never a single person. Use it for institutions, teams, or events, not to compliment individuals.

idiom
a wealth of talentmany capable people gathered together

Examples

  • 人才济济，。
    Zhè suǒ dà xué rén cái jǐ jǐ, xī yǐn le hěn duō yōu xiù de xué shēng.
    This university is full of talented people and attracts many outstanding students.
  • 人才济济，。
    Zhè cì chuàng yè bǐ sài rén cái jǐ jǐ, huò jiǎng xiàng mù dōu fēi cháng yǒu qián jǐng.
    This startup competition gathered a wealth of talent, and the award-winning projects all have great potential.
  • 人才济济，。
    Gōng sī zǒng bù rén cái jǐ jǐ, měi wèi yuán gōng dōu shì háng yè jīng yīng.
    The company's headquarters is brimming with talent—every employee is an industry elite.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

人才talented people
人rénperson才cáitalent
联合Side by side
济济abundant
济jì济jì
重叠Reduplication

人才 names people with talent, and 济济 pictures them as abundant.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 人 shows a side view of a standing person, with an arm and a leg.

Open 人 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

才 originally drew a sharp peg, not a sprout growing from the ground.

Open 才 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 濟; 济 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
齊
齊qí濟jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 濟 pairs 水 (water) with 齊, which gives the sound; the simplified 济 is a later shorthand.

Open 济 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 濟; 济 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
齊
齊qí濟jì
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 濟 pairs 水 (water) with 齊, which gives the sound; the simplified 济 is a later shorthand.

Open 济 →

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