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wunderkind

noun
🔊/ˈwʊndəkɪnd/
🔊/ˈwʊndərkɪnd/
(plural wunderkinds or wunderkinder
🔊/ˈwʊndəkɪndə(r)/
🔊/ˈwʊndərkɪndər/
)
(from German, sometimes disapproving)
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  1. a person who is very successful at a young age神童；少年得志者Topics Successc2, Life stagesc2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German, from Wunder ‘wonder’ + Kind ‘child’.