屈才 (qū cái) — (colloquial) to waste one's talent; to be overqualified for a position

Definition

Examples

• 让一个博士做这种简单的工作，真是屈才。
  Ràng yí gè bó shì zuò zhè zhǒng jiǎn dān de gōng zuò, zhēn shì qū cái.
  Having a PhD do such simple work is really a waste of talent.
• 他虽然不说什么，但心里觉得自己屈了才。
  Tā suī rán bù shuō shén me, dàn xīn lǐ jué de zì jǐ qū le cái.
  Even though he doesn't say anything, he feels in his heart that his talent is being wasted.
• 这么优秀的人才去管仓库，未免太屈才了。
  Zhè me yōu xiù de rén cái qù guǎn cāng kù, wèi miǎn tài qū cái le.
  Having such an excellent person manage a warehouse is just too much of a waste of talent.