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熟练

shú liàn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 熟練

熟练 (shú liàn) means "practiced, skilled (through repetition)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 熟练 means

1. practiced
2. proficient
3. skilled
4. skillful

The characters in 熟练

• 熟shúripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted
• 练liànto practice; to train; to drill

Example sentences

• 熟练的士兵知道怎么以他们的环境为武器。
  Shúliàn dīshì bīng zhīdào zěnme yǐ tāmen de huánjìng wèi wǔqì.
  Skilled soldiers know how to use their environment as a weapon.
• 熟练的士兵知道怎幺以他们的环境为武器。
  Skilled soldiers know how to use their environment as a weapon.
• 修女从黑色裙子的褶皱间掏出剪刀，熟练地将彩色纸剪成长而窄的纸条，让我们可以把这些纸条编成纸地毯。
  From between the pleats of her black skirt, the nun brought out scissors and deftly cut coloured paper into long, narrow strips, which we could then braid into a paper rug.

Words starting with 熟练

• 熟练工shú liàn gōngskilled worker; journeyman
• 熟练工人shú liàn gōng rénskilled worker; journeyman

Words containing 熟练

• 半熟练bàn shú liànsemiskilled

Where 熟练 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Cleverness, Skill & Chess (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
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