Definition

1. Noun:

   • Refined talent, exquisite talent: A high level of natural ability or skill, especially in artistic or literary fields, characterized by elegance, grace, and sophistication. It implies not just skill, but a gifted and distinguished flair.

2. Adjective:

   • Talented and refined, gifted and elegant: Used to describe a person who possesses such refined talent, or the elegant, distinguished works they create. It often carries a connotation of artistic brilliance and a cultivated, graceful style.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy là một nghệ sĩ có tài hoa. (He is an artist of exquisite talent.)
  • Người ta ngưỡng mộ tài hoa của nhà văn. (People admire the writer's refined talent.)
• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy là một họa sĩ tài hoa. (He is a gifted and refined painter.)
  • Bức tranh thể hiện một nét vẽ tài hoa. (The painting shows masterful and elegant brushwork.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tài hoa mệnh bạc": A classical idiom describing a tragic fate, often of artists, meaning "gifted but ill-fated" or "brilliant talent but a short life." It suggests a person of great artistic talent who suffers misfortune or dies young.
  • Nhiều thi sĩ trong lịch sử được coi là tài hoa mệnh bạc. (Many poets in history are considered gifted but ill-fated.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tài năng (n): Talent, ability. This is a more general and common term for talent, without the specific connotation of refinement and elegance inherent in "tài hoa."
• Tài tử (n/adjective): Amateur; or, a person with a casual, elegant, and artistic demeanor (often used in "phong cách tài tử" – a debonair style).

Synonyms

• Refined talent
• Artistic brilliance
• Giftedness (with an implication of elegance)
• Distinguished skill

Related Idioms

• Tài hoa lỗi lạc: Exceptionally and outstandingly talented. This phrase intensifies the meaning of "tài hoa."
  • Một kiến trúc sư tài hoa lỗi lạc. (An exceptionally brilliant architect.)

noun

1. refined talent, exquisite talent