熟能生巧 — Chinese idiom
熟能生巧
shú néng shēng qiǎo
Meaning
- with familiarity you learn the trick ; practice makes perfect
Character by character
- 熟shúwell-cooked; ripe, mature; familiar with
- 能néngcan, may; capable, full of energy
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
- 巧qiǎoskillful, ingenious, clever
Idioms sharing a character
- 滚瓜烂熟 gǔn guā làn shú
- 熟人熟事 shú rén shú shì
- 熟视无睹 shú shì wú dǔ
- 瓜熟蒂落 guā shú dì luò
- 生米熟饭 shēng mǐ shú fàn
- 耳熟能详 ěr shú néng xiáng
- 轻车熟路 qīng chē shú lù
- 驾轻就熟 jià qīng jiù shú
- 任贤使能 rèn xián shǐ néng
- 全知全能 quán zhī quán néng
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