out of the ordinary / unusually (good, talented etc)
流失
liú shī
(of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained
状元
zhuàng yuán
top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system) / see 榜眼[bang3 yan3] and 探花[tan4 hua1] / top scorer in college entrance examination 高考[gao1 kao3] / (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field / leading light
写手
xiě shǒu
person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy
a fine bird chooses a tree to nest in (proverb) / fig. a talented person chooses a patron of integrity
鸾飘凤泊
luán piāo fèng bó
lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential
in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
山外有山，天外有天
shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān
(idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
磁吸效应
cí xī xiào yìng
"magnetic" force that attracts investment and talented individuals / in particular, the attraction China has for people and capital from around the world
sī