highly gifted; of exceptional natural talent
A formal, literary term describing someone with outstanding innate intelligence and ability. Rare in modern conversation; mostly found in classical texts or elevated writing.
He was praised as a person of exceptional natural talent.
天才 is the common word for 'genius', used in everyday language. 天資英邁 is a much rarer, literary expression emphasizing innate brilliance.
聡明 means 'wise, intelligent' and is more common than 天資英邁, but still somewhat formal. 天資英邁 carries a stronger nuance of extraordinary natural endowment.
A Sino-Japanese compound (四字熟語) combining 天資 (natural talent) and 英邁 (outstanding, surpassing). The exact historical origin is uncertain; it follows classical Chinese literary patterns.