Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Very skilled in one's trade or profession: Describes a person who has deep, proficient, and expert knowledge and ability in a specific craft, job, or field of work. It implies not just competence, but a high level of mastery and experience.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một thợ mộc sành nghề. (He is a very skilled carpenter.)
  • Chúng tôi cần một người sành nghề về sửa chữa điện tử. (We need someone highly skilled in electronics repair.)
  • Cô ấy trở nên sành nghề sau nhiều năm làm việc. (She became highly proficient after many years of work.)

Advanced Usage

• "tỏ ra sành nghề": to show oneself to be skilled, to demonstrate expertise.
  • Anh ta tỏ ra sành nghề khi phân tích vấn đề kỹ thuật. (He demonstrated his expertise when analyzing the technical problem.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lành nghề (adj): This is a near-synonym listed in the reference, also meaning skilled or proficient. "Sành nghề" often carries a slightly stronger connotation of deep, expert-level skill.
• Sành sỏi (adj): Experienced and shrewd, often in a general or business context, not limited to a specific trade.
• Thành thạo (adj): Proficient, adept, skilled (can be used more broadly for skills).

Synonyms

• Điêu luyện: Highly skilled, masterful (often for artistic or physical skills).
• Thạo nghề: Skilled in the trade.
• Có tay nghề cao: To have high-level skills.

Related Idioms

• "Một nghề cho chín, còn hơn chín nghề": This proverb ("Master one trade rather than being mediocre at nine") encapsulates the value of becoming sành nghề in a single field.

1. Ve very skilled in one's trade
   • Thợ thêu sành nghề
     A very skilled embroiderer