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HSK
everyone / influential family / great expert
HSK 2
expert; specialist
HSK 3
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
learning; knowledge; scholarship / a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
HSK 4
analyst / expert
one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *專* | 專* | *專
for a particular person, occasion, purpose / focused on one thing / special / expert / particular (to sth) / concentrated / specialized
to be good at; to be expert in
HSK 7-9
China watcher / an expert on China / an old China hand
expert in / good at
HSK 7-9
expert / past master / dab hand
HSK 6
expert flower grower
to settle down and get married (of a man) / to become a recognized expert
HSK 7-9
(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!)
connoisseur; expert; veteran
HSK 7-9
(coll.) man in power / boss / authority / expert
deity / (Internet slang) guru / expert / whiz
expert evaluation
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
expert (in a field)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *師* | 師* | *師
teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops
Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
expert / adept / experienced / an expert / a professional
HSK 7-9
expert
prawn / (Internet slang) expert / whiz
(saying) it's all very well to talk, but getting things done is another matter; (fig.) to be an armchair expert; to blabber on
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
to be adept at sth / to be an expert in a trade or profession
a novice making a fool of himself / to make oneself ridiculous before experts
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
expert system
(coll.) leading light / true expert / badass
connoisseur / expert
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
king / magnate / person having expert skill in something
female general / (fig.) woman who is a leading figure in her area of expertise
expert / professional
to display one's slight skill before an expert (idiom)
expert commentary
to excel in some field / expert at sth
phony / so-called / armchair (expert) / vain (promise) / (finance) short-seller / bear (market) / short (selling)
to know (sth) very well / to be an expert in
senior technician; technical expert
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
military expert / general
medical expert / medical specialist
(of a person) learned; erudite; scholarly / (of a topic, practice or domain) to involve a body of deep, specialized knowledge; to require expertise
expert / left-hand side (of a machine) / left-hand side (driver's side) of a vehicle
(coll.) to know the ropes / an expert
(of a domain or area of expertise) to involve significant depth or complexity; to require a great deal of specialized knowledge; to be a real science; to be a fine art
one who knows his business / professional / expert / au fait
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
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
learned person / expert in a certain field / abbr. to 方家
imperial strategic adviser / expert on strategy
expert cart-driver / charioteer
Dreyer (name) / June Teufel Dreyer, China expert at Univ. of Miami and Foreign Policy Research Institute
Lynn E. Davis (1943-), US academic and arms control expert, undersecretary of state 1993-1997
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *俍* | 俍* | *俍
(literary) to be good at; to be expert in / (literary) skilled craftsman
experienced scholar / old expert in the field
expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
expert flower grower
medical expertise / art of healing
renowned expert / master (of an art or craft)
dabbler / dilettante who speaks as though he were an expert
to excel at (typically used after the area of expertise) (Example: 以研究見長|以研究见长 to be known for one's research)
(coll.) expert; connoisseur; guru; enthusiast; geek (influenced by Japanese 達人 "tatsujin" c. 2000) / (literary) sensible person; person who understands life / (literary) optimist
expert craft from hard practice (idiom); hard-won skill / A masterpiece demands suffering.
strategic experts as thick as rain (idiom); no shortage of advisers on strategy
writer / expert
strategic experts and powerful generals (idiom)
expert on writing systems
an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
Pavel Aleksandrovich Mif (1901-1938), Ukrainian Soviet expert on Chinese affairs, secretly executed in Stalin's purges
(idiom) teeming with experts
(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!)


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