滄海遺珠

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Chinese

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vast ocean; large ocean to lose; to leave behind pearl; bead
trad. (滄海遺珠) 滄海
simp. (沧海遗珠) 沧海
Literally: “a pearl left in the ocean”.

Etymology

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From the comment of Yan Liben about Di Renjie quoted in New Book of Tang:

仲尼可謂滄海遺珠 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
仲尼可谓沧海遗珠 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
From: The New Book of Tang, 1060 CE
Zhòngní chēng guān guò zhī rén, jūn kěwèi cānghǎiyízhū yǐ. [Pinyin]
Confucius said that by observing the mistakes made by a person, it can be known that whether he is kind or not. [Based on what I have observed,] I think that you're like a pearl left in the ocean.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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滄海遺珠

  1. a person with talent or something valuable, but is neglected by the society