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熟能生巧

shú néng shēng qiǎo

4-character word

What 熟能生巧 means

1. with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect

The characters in 熟能生巧

• 熟 shú ripe; mature; thoroughly cooked; done; familiar; acquainted
• 能 néng can; to be able to; might possibly
• 生 shēng to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)
• 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens

Example sentences

• 熟能生巧。
  Shúnéngshēngqiǎo.
  Practice makes perfect.

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