不学而能
bù​xué'ér​néng

to do something naturally

  • created reference approved 不学而能/不學而能 → 生而知之 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不学而能 / 不學而能 bù​xué'ér​néng

    生而知之 shēng'ér​zhī​zhī

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 不学而能/不學而能 · bù​xué'ér​néng · to do something naturally — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    不学而能 / 不學而能

    bù​xué'ér​néng

    to do something naturally

    to be able to do something without being taught; to possess an innate ability or natural talent

    不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 学 (literal) → 学/學 · xué · to study 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 能 (literal) → 能 · néng · can

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense