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斫鼻
zhuó​bí

superb skill

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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 zhuāng​zǐ where a craftsman chips away a speck of plaster from a man's nose without harming him.

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  • 斲鼻 zhuó​bí
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