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baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]][i#] [p.]

conceal from recognition, bury one's talents

埋沒

baibut jinzaai [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but jiin'zaai [[...]][i#] [p.]

bury one's talent, don't use a subordinate's ability to good advantage

埋沒人才

but [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: but [[...]][i#] [p.]

sink, drown, be submerged, go into hiding, obscurity or oblivion, take property away from another, die, dead

沒

• baibut [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: baai'but [[...]][i#] [p.]
  bury or hide so that it may never be found
  埋沒

oaqoaqbea pak ti sie zhengchiu [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: oah'oah'bea pak ti sie zheeng'chiu [[...]][i#] [p.]

A live horse tied to a dead banyan tree — to tie up resources and (personnel) in a useless project

活馬綁在死榕樹,埋沒人才

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