| 熟能生巧 |
shú néng shēng qiǎo |
with familiarity you learn the trick (idiom); practice makes perfect |
| 熟 |
shú |
ripe; mature / thoroughly cooked; done / familiar; acquainted / experienced; skilled / (of sleep etc) deep; profound / also pr. [shou2] |
| 能 |
Néng |
surname Neng |
| 能 |
néng |
can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy |
| 生 |
shēng |
to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born / to arise; to occur / to light (a fire) / to live; to be alive / life / raw; uncooked; unprocessed / unfamiliar; strange / (bound form) student; person engaged in a field / (bound form) male role in traditional opera / (bound form) life; lifetime / (bound form) means of livelihood / (bound form) very; intensely (as in 生疼) / (bound form) in a forced manner (as in 生拉硬拽) |
| 巧 |
qiǎo |
opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely |