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Simplfied Chinese
善于
Traditional Chinese
善於
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
shàn yú
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
sin6 yu1
Short definition to excel at
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions to be good atMDBG icon / to excel atAdso icon / to be adept atMDBG icon / be adept inCdict icon/
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: to excel at
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samecdic
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: to be good at; to be adept at
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC:
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: be good at; be adept in'
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她很( tā hěn)
善于(shàn yú) to excel at
砍价(kǎn jià) to bargain

She's good at bargaining the price down.

汤姆(tāng mǔ) Tom (name)
善于(shàn yú) to excel at
动手(dòng shǒu) to punch
做事(zuò shì) to work

Tom is very good at doing things with his hands.

他不( tā bù)
善于(shàn yú) to excel at
(jì) mark
人名(rén míng) personal name

He's not good at remembering names.

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