Definition

Adjective: - Highly skilled, proficient, expert: Describes a person who is very good, adept, and experienced in a particular craft, profession, or skill. It implies a level of mastery and dexterity.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ấy là một thợ mộc thiện nghệ. (He is a highly skilled carpenter.)
  • Cô ấy lái xe rất thiện nghệ trên những cung đường đèo. (She drives very expertly on mountain passes.)
  • Người thợ thiện nghệ ấy có thể sửa chữa mọi thứ. (That skilled craftsman can fix anything.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "thiện nghệ" often carries a slightly formal or literary nuance and is commonly used to praise someone's professional or technical ability. It emphasizes not just skill but also finesse and experience.

Variants and Related Words

• Lành nghề (adj): Skilled, proficient. This is a more common, everyday synonym.
  • Một bác sĩ lành nghề (A skilled doctor)
• Điêu luyện (adj): Highly practiced, consummate. Often used for artistic or performance skills.
  • Màn trình diễn điêu luyện (A consummate performance)
• Thành thạo (adj): Fluent, adept. Can refer to skills or languages.
  • Thành thạo việc sử dụng máy tính (Adept at using a computer)

Synonyms

• Giỏi: Good at, skilled.
• Tinh thông: Masterful, thoroughly proficient.
• Có tay nghề cao: Having high-level skills.

Related Idioms

• "Thiện nghệ như lão luyện": As skilled as a veteran. (This is a descriptive phrase, not a fixed idiom, illustrating the meaning of "thiện nghệ" by comparing it to the experience of a seasoned expert.)

adj

1. skilled