楚材晉用chǔ cái jìn yònga great person is given important post by another country; talented people of one country are employed by other countries
? 我化了錢，教出了人，卻叫外國人去用，這才是～呢。(吳趼人《二十年目睹之怪現(xiàn)狀》223) What’s the sense of spending money on the training of our men for the service of foreigners? This is a typical case of our talented people being employed by other countries. 楚材晉用chǔ cài jìn yònɡ楚國的人才晉國使用。比喻本國的人才被別國使用。employ talented people of other nations, the brain drain |