运斤成风
yùn​jīn​chéng​fēng

superb technique

  • created sense approved 运斤成风/運斤成風 · yùn​jīn​chéng​fēng · superb technique — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    运斤成风 / 運斤成風

    yùn​jīn​chéng​fēng

    superb technique

    Describes a skill or technique so masterfully executed that it seems effortless or supernatural; based on a story from the [[庄子|莊子|zhuang1 zi3]] where a craftsman uses an axe to slice a speck of plaster off a man's nose without harming him.

    运 (literal) → 运/運 · yùn · to use 斤 (literal) → 斤 · jīn · axe 成风 (literal) → 成风/成風 · chéng​fēng · to become a trend

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

    created sense