楚材晋用chǔ cái jìn yònga great person is given important post by another country; talented people of one country are employed by other countries
❍ 我化了钱，教出了人，却叫外国人去用，这才是～呢。(吴趼人《二十年目睹之怪现状》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. 楚材晋用chǔ cài jìn yònɡ楚国的人才晋国使用。比喻本国的人才被别国使用。employ talented people of other nations, the brain drain |