"Skills" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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两手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise
锻炼 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself
充电 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge
演技 yǎn jì acting / performing skills
功底 gōng dǐ training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals
基本功 jī běn gōng basic skills / fundamentals
道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5]
精炼 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable
厨艺 chú yì cooking skills / culinary talent
失传 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct
基本技能  basic skills
登峰造极 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements)
多才 duō cái multitalented / many-sided skills
不学无术 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent
红客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest
尚武 shàng wǔ to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike
扁鹊 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era
面试技巧 miàn shì jì qiǎo interviewing skills
露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities / to exhibit one's skills
花拳绣腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery
传艺 chuán yì to impart skills / to pass on one's art
宝刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it
辩士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills
菜 cài dish (type of food) / vegetable / cuisine / CL:盤|盘[pan2],道[dao4] / (coll.) (one's) type / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor
大放异彩 dà fàng yì cǎi to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill
用武之地 yòng wǔ zhī dì ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom)
不减当年 bù jiǎn dāng nián (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever
小技 xiǎo jì small skills / folk musical theater
打把势 dǎ bǎ shi drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off
西艺 Xī yì Western skills / in Qing times, refers to Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how
语文能力  language skills
代表技巧培训 dài biǎo jì qiǎo péi xùn representational skills
转用技能  transfer of skills
成人识字和生活技能调查  Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
沟通技能 gōu tòng jì néng communications skills
更新技能  upgrading skills
工作人员技能 gōng zuò rén yuán jì néng staff skills
督导技能 dū dǎo jì néng supervisory skills
联合国维持和平技能中心  United Nations Peacekeeping Skills Centre
特别驾驶技术  driving specialist skills
管理技能 guǎn lǐ jì néng management skills
交流技巧 jiāo liú jì qiǎo communication skills
先进技能和技术  advanced skills and technology
联合国发展遥感技能和知识国际专家会议  International Meeting of Experts on the Development of Remote Sensing Skills and Knowledge
计算机技能  computer skills
家庭技能  family skills
与性别有关的技能  gender-derived skills
因性别而分的技能  gender-derived skills
为人父母的技巧  parenting skills
谋职技能单元  Modules of Employable Skills
发展遥感技能和知识国际专家会议  International Meeting of Experts on the Development of Remote-Sensing Skills and Knowledge
技能发展促进自力更生  Skills Development for Self-Reliance
非洲就业和技能方桉  Jobs and Skills Programme for Africa
语文和交流技巧学习方桉  Language and Communication Skills Learning Programme
技能可转用性  transferability of skills
谋职技能单元方桉  modules of employable skills programme
谋生技能  livelihood skills
职业技术培训项目  vocational skills training project
管理技巧方桉  Management Skills Programme
半桶水 bàn tǒng shuǐ (coll.) (of one's skills, knowledge etc) limited / superficial / half-baked / sb with a smattering of knowledge (of sth) / dabbler
床技 chuáng jì skills in bed / sexual prowess
武勇 wǔ yǒng military skills / valor / valorous
秦越人 Qín Yuè rén Qin Yueren (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills
艺多不压身 yì duō bù yā shēn it's always good to have more skills (idiom)
小试牛刀 xiǎo shì niú dāo to give a small demonstration of one's impressive skills (idiom)
教师爷 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
舞文弄墨 wǔ wén nòng mò (idiom) to display one's facility with words / to show off one's literary skills / (original meaning) to pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology (墨[mo4] was a reference to 繩墨|绳墨[sheng2 mo4])
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