拿云手

拿雲手

náyúnshǒu

idiom

Meanings

1 great ambition and superb ability
2 cloud-grasping hands; the reach of a high achiever

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

他果然是拿云手，几年就做出了成绩。

Tā guǒrán shì náyúnshǒu, jǐ nián jiù zuòchū le chéngjī.

He really does have the cloud-grasping touch, in just a few years he produced real results.

HSK 7-9

年轻人应当有拿云手的志气。

Niánqīngrén yīngdāng yǒu náyúnshǒu de zhìqì.

Young people should have the ambition to reach for the clouds.

Tips

history

Echoes the line 少年心事当拿云 from Tang poet 李贺's poem 致酒行, 'a young person's heart should reach for the clouds.' The phrase evokes that same lofty, youthful ambition backed by real capability.

Stroke Order

拿 ná

云 yún

手 shǒu