人才辈出

rén cái bèi chū

talented people come forward in great numbers

Character by character

人rén
people

才cái
talent

辈bèi
generations

出chū
emerge

这所大学人才辈出，出过好几位著名的科学家。

This university has produced talent after talent, including several famous scientists.

Tone: positive (praise).

Said of a place, school, team or field: 江南自古人才辈出. 辈 is “generation”, so the picture is gifted people turning up generation after generation.

Learn this in Lesson 23 · HSK 5: 国球：乒乓球 (Ping-pong, the national game)

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