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善于

shàn yú · shan yu

Traditional 善於

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to be good at; to be adept at
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Good at finding restaurants

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)善于(shànyú)做饭(zuòfàn)吗(ma)？

    Are you good at cooking?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)善于(shànyú)吃(chī)，不(bù)善于(shànyú)做(zuò)。

    I am good at eating, not at making.

  3. Dengdeng

    那(nà)你(nǐ)善于(shànyú)什么(shénme)？

    Then what are you good at?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)善于(shànyú)找(zhǎo)好吃(hǎochī)的(de)饭馆(fànguǎn)。

    I am good at finding tasty restaurants.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)今晚(jīnwǎn)你(nǐ)找(zhǎo)饭馆(fànguǎn)，我(wǒ)来(lái)做饭(zuòfàn)。

    Then tonight you find a restaurant and I will cook.

  6. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)善于(shànyú)做饭(zuòfàn)？你(nǐ)上次(shàngcì)把(bǎ)米饭(mǐfàn)煮糊(zhǔhú)了(le)。

    You are good at cooking? Last time you burned the rice.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)善(shàn)于(yú)在(zài)青(qīng)年(nián)中(zhōng)识(shí)拔(bá)人(rén)才(cái)。

He is good at spotting young talent.

Tatoeba: Chinese by omerfarukckmk · English by omerfarukckmk · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)善(shàn)于(yú)用(yòng)简(jiǎn)单(dān)的(de)语(yǔ)言(yán)解(jiě)释(shì)复(fù)杂(zá)的(de)问(wèn)题(tí)。

She is good at explaining complex problems in simple language.

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