妙手

miàoshǒu
noun #28,007

Meanings

  1. 1 highly skilled person
  2. 2 brilliant move (in chess or go)
  3. 3 miraculous hands (of a healer)

Examples

Zhèwèi yīshēng zhēnshì miàoshǒu, zhì hǎole hěnduō yínánzázhèng.
This doctor truly has miraculous skill, having cured many difficult illnesses.
Tā zài qípán shàng zǒu le yī bù miàoshǒu, ràng duìshǒu cuòshǒubùjí.
He made a brilliant move on the board that caught his opponent off guard.

Tips

usage
妙手 can refer to a person (a master craftsman or healer) or a brilliant action (a clever move in chess). The idiom 妙手回春 ('miraculous hands revive spring') is used to praise doctors who achieve seemingly impossible cures.

Stroke Order

miào
shǒu