斫鼻
zhuó​bí

superb skill

  • created reference approved 斫鼻 → 斲鼻 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斫鼻 zhuó​bí

    斲鼻 zhuó​bí

    same_as

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 斫鼻 · zhuó​bí · superb skill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斫鼻

    zhuó​bí

    superb skill

    Literary term used to describe someone with highly skilled or superb technique, derived from a story in the classic text [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]] where a craftsman chips away a speck of plaster from a man's nose without harming him.

    斫 (literal) → 斫 · zhuó · to chop 鼻 (literal) → 鼻 · bí · nose

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

    created sense