滄海遺珠
simp沧海遗珠cong1 hoi2 wai4 zyu1cāng hǎi yí zhū
English
- undiscovered talent (idiom)
- unnoticed treasure; literally: pearl left in the ocean
粵語 — Cantonese
- 比喻好有價值但係得唔到注意嘅事物或者人物
Examples
呢幾首其實拍得住佢啲熱門歌，簡直就係滄海遺珠。
Actually these several songs can be compared to his popular ones, but they really gain so little attention.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk