How to say "他自己也没本事 到如今也只是个秀才" (tā zì jǐ yě méi běn shì dào rú jīn yě zhǐ shì gè xiù cái) in Chinese dialogue

tā他zì自jǐ己yě也méi没běn本shì事 dào到rú如jīn今yě也zhǐ只shì是gè个xiù秀cái才

And he has no particular talent either— to this day, he is only a xiucai.

Idioms & Colloquial Expressions
INTERACTIVE SCRIPT TIMELINE
LINE 0108:23
tā men jiā de chǎn yè fēn dào tā de shí hòu pà dōu yǐ jīng suǒ shèng wú jǐ le他们家的产业 分到他的时候 怕都已经所剩无几了

“By the time their family's assets are divided down to him, there'll probably be next to nothing left.”

LINE 0208:28
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tā zì jǐ yě méi běn shì dào rú jīn yě zhǐ shì gè xiù cái他自己也没本事 到如今也只是个秀才

“And he has no particular talent either— to this day, he is only a xiucai.”

LINE 0308:31
ruò shì jiāng lái zài bù chū shì jiā lǐ yòu méi shén me tiē bǔ nǐ jià guò qù若是将来再不出仕 家里又没什么贴补 你嫁过去

“If he still fails to enter officialdom in the future and his family provides no subsidy, once you marry him,”

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Source MediaTV Series
Season & EpisodeS1 E25
Timestamp08:28
TMDB ID283952 →