多面手 (duō miàn shǒu) — a versatile person (someone with many skills)

Definition

Literally 'many-sided hand': a person who is good at many different things. Always refers to a person, not a tool or general ability.

noun

a versatile person (someone with many skills)

多面手，。
Tā zài gōng sī shì gè duō miàn shǒu, shén me dōu huì zuò.
He is a versatile person at the company, can do everything.
多面手，、、。
Tā shì yí wèi zhēn zhèng de duō miàn shǒu, dǒng yīn yuè, huà huà, hái huì biān chéng.
She is a true versatile person, knows music, painting, and programming.
多面手，。
Zuò wéi yí gè duō miàn shǒu, tā tóng shí fù zé fān yì hé shè jì gōng zuò.
As a versatile person, he handles both translation and design work.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

多面many-sided

偏正Modifier + head

多 means many and 面 means sides; 手 stands for a person, giving a person with many sides.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

多 originally showed two pieces of meat placed together; the repeated meat shape gives the sense of many.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

面 originally drew a man’s face, with one eye exaggerated; the horizontal stroke was added later.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

手 draws a five-fingered human hand: the top line is a bent middle finger, and the horizontal lines show the other four fingers.