Chinese Idiom -- 大器晚成 (Late Boomer)

What is "late bloomer" called in Chinese?

大(dà)器(qì)晚(wǎn)成(chéng) = late bloomer

大(dà)器(qì)晚(wǎn)成(chéng) is a Chinese idiom, literally means a plant that blooms later than similar plants or that blooms late in the season, just like this 75 years-old agave plant in the picture that surges through greenhouse roof at Allan Gardens to bloom for the first time in 30 years. It means a person who matures or achieves success later than expected.

Example:
Tom 大(dà)器(qì)晚(wǎn)成(chéng)，最(zuì)后(hòu)终(zhōng)于(yú)成(chéng)了(le)一(yì)名(míng)知(zhī)名(míng)的(de)作(zuò)家(jiā)。

Tom was a late bloomer, but in the end he turned out to be a famous author.

75-year-old late bloomer busts out , for the first time in its 50-year life @ Allan Garden.