child prodigy  
  神童(しんどう)

(1) Phrase :

A child prodigy is someone who is a master of one or more skills or arts at an early age.  One generally accepted heuristic for identifying prodigies is the following: a prodigy is someone who, by the age of roughly 11, displays expert proficiency or a profound grasp of the fundamentals in a field usually only undertaken by adults.


Examples

  • He was recognized as a child prodigy by his piano teacher at 5 years old.  

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