能人 (néng rén) — capable person; someone with exceptional ability; Homo habilis (extinct hominid species)

Definition

Examples

• 公司里缺能人，很多项目都推进不了。
  Gōng sī lǐ quē néng rén, hěn duō xiàng mù dōu tuī jìn bù liǎo.
  The company lacks capable people, so many projects can't move forward.
• 考古学家在非洲发现了能人的骨骼化石。
  Kǎo gǔ xué jiā zài fēi zhōu fā xiàn le néng rén de gǔ gé huà shí.
  Archaeologists discovered Homo habilis bone fossils in Africa.
• 他真是个能人，什么难题到他手里都能解决。
  Tā zhēn shì gè néng rén, shén me nán tí dào tā shǒu lǐ dōu néng jiě jué.
  He's really a capable person — any difficult problem can be solved once it's in his hands.

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