强手 (qiáng shǒu) — (noun) expert, someone highly skilled in a fiel…

Definition

强手 is a 'strong player' — used for both a highly skilled expert and a formidable opponent, especially in competitive contexts like games or sports.

noun

expert, someone highly skilled in a fieldformidable opponentpowerful adversarymasterperson with outstanding skills

Measure word · 个

，强手。
Zài zhè cì wéi qí jǐn biāo sài zhōng, tā yù dào le zhēn zhèng de qiáng shǒu.
In this Go championship, he met a true strong opponent.
，，强手。
Tā suī rán shì xīn shǒu, dàn jìn bù hěn kuài, yǐ jīng chéng wéi běn duì de qiáng shǒu.
Although he is a novice, he has improved so fast that he has become a master player on our team.
强手，，。
Miàn duì nà yàng de qiáng shǒu, wǒ men zhǐ néng zhì qǔ, bù kě yìng pīn.
Facing such a strong opponent, we have to use strategy rather than brute force.

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.

强 means strong, and 手 here means a person, so it describes a very capable person.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 強; 强 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 強 pairs an insect component with a sound component; this explains 強, not the simplified 强.

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.

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