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HSK
expert; specialist
HSK 3
everyone / influential family / great expert
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *通* | 通* | *通
to go through / to know well / (suffix) expert / to connect / to communicate / open / to clear / classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
HSK 2
analyst / expert
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *专* | 专* | *专
for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *师* | 师* | *师
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
expert in / good at
HSK 7-9
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert
HSK 7-9
medical expert / medical specialist
(idiom) teeming with experts
connoisseur; expert; veteran
HSK 7-9
expert system
(coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert
deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz
China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
prawn / (Internet slang) expert / whiz
expert / adept / experienced / an expert / a professional
HSK 7-9
expert
(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on
military expert / general
expert evaluation
expert commentary
expert (in a field)
learned person / expert in a certain field / abbr. for 大方之家
expert / dab hand
(idiom) expert at appointing people according to their abilities; to put the right people in the right places
(coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家個頭|专家个头 "expert", my ass!)
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
(coll.) leading light / true expert / badass
expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *擅* | 擅* | *擅
without authority / to usurp / to arrogate to oneself / to monopolize / expert in / to be good at
lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows
king / magnate / person having expert skill in something
expert / professional
phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
to know (sth) very well / to be an expert in
senior technician; technical expert
(coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in 專家你個頭|专家你个头 "expert", my ass!)
Dreyer (name) / June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute
expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle
(coll.) to know the ropes / an expert
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
learned person / expert in a certain field / abbr. to 方家
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俍* | 俍* | *俍
(literary) to be good at; to be expert in / (literary) skilled craftsman
experienced scholar / old expert in the field
one who knows his business / professional / expert / au fait
expert on writing systems
expert flower grower
(coll.) expert; connoisseur; guru; enthusiast; geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person; person who understands life / (literary) optimist
renowned expert / master (of an art or craft)
dabbler / dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill / A masterpiece demands suffering.
writer / expert
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
to excel in some field / expert at sth
lit. to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan (idiom) / fig. to make a fool of oneself by showing off in front of an expert
an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
expert cart-driver / charioteer
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
connoisseur / expert
imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
a novice making a fool of himself / to make oneself ridiculous before experts
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
Lynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state 1993-1997
expert flower grower


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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