匠心独运

匠心獨運

jiàngxīndúyùn

idiom

Meanings

Zhè jiàn cíqì jiàngxīndúyùn, lìng rén zàntàn.

This piece of porcelain is remarkably ingenious in design.

Dǎoyǎn jiàngxīndúyùn, bǎ lǎo gùshi jiǎng chū le xīnyì.

The director's inventive craft gave the old story fresh meaning.

history

Based on Wang Shiyuan's preface to 《孟浩然集》 (Tang): 文不按古，匠心独妙 — 'his writing does not follow the old, his craft is uniquely ingenious'.

Formal, strongly positive. Common in art criticism, design writing, and marketing copy for craft products.

匠 jiàng

心 xīn

独 dú

运 yùn