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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

擅长 [shàncháng]
  1. 1. verb be skilled in
    擅长外交
    be skilled in diplomacy
    擅长武术
    be skilled at martial arts

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

擅长 [shàncháng]
  1. 1. be good at; be expert in; be skilled in; excel; specialize
    擅长歌舞
    be good at singing and dancing
    他不仅擅长跑步,跳高也是他的强项。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

擅长 [shàncháng]
  1. 1. 在某方面有专长
    擅长绘画
    擅长烹饪。
  2. 2. 跟"善于"不同。"擅长"仅指有某种技能;"善于"的适用范围比"擅长"宽泛。

Examples

擅长山水画,偶尔也画画油画。
She is especially good at traditional Chinese landscape painting, but occasionally she does oils too. 偶尔
擅长烹饪
be good at cooking; be a good cook 烹饪
擅长歌舞
be good at singing and dancing 擅长
擅长打下旋球。
He's good at cutting underspins. 下旋
这个作家很擅长场面描写。 场面
擅长摹写人物心理。 摹写
他很擅长抹墙。
她不是很擅长搭配衣服。
擅长烹饪,有很多拿手好菜。 烹饪
他十分擅长抢篮板球。

Collocations

擅长演讲
a skillful speaker
擅长音乐
to be good at playing music
特别擅长
to be especially good at something

Word Decomposition


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