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高手

gāo shǒu · gao shou

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Meaning

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  1. expert
  2. past master
  3. dab hand
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A chess master

  1. Dengdeng

    那位(nàwèi)大爷(dàye)是(shì)象棋(xiàngqí)高手(gāoshǒu)！

    That old man is a Chinese chess master!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)知道(zhīdào)？

    How do you know?

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)和(hé)他(tā)下(xià)了(le)三盘(sānpán)，都(dōu)输(shū)了(le)。

    I played three games with him and lost them all.

  4. Liangliang

    让(ràng)我(wǒ)来(lái)！我(wǒ)是(shì)手机(shǒujī)游戏(yóuxì)高手(gāoshǒu)。

    Let me! I am a phone game expert.

  5. Dengdeng

    手机(shǒujī)上(shàng)的(de)高手(gāoshǒu)不(bù)一定(yīdìng)是(shì)真(zhēn)的(de)高手(gāoshǒu)。

    A phone expert is not necessarily a real expert.

  6. Liangliang

    没关系(méiguānxi)，我(wǒ)先(xiān)看(kàn)他(tā)下(xià)一盘(yīpán)。

    No worries. I will watch him play one game first.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)完(wán)全(quán)不(bú)会(huì)游(yóu)泳(yǒng)，但(dàn)却(què)是(shì)一(yí)个(gè)滑(huá)雪(xuě)高(gāo)手(shǒu)。

He can't swim at all, but when it comes to skiing, he is the best.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

下(xià)棋(qí)方(fāng)面(miàn)，他(tā)可(kě)是(shì)我(wǒ)们(men)这(zhè)儿(r)有(yǒu)名(míng)的(de)高(gāo)手(shǒu)。

When it comes to chess, he is a well-known expert around here.

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