拿手 - Adept - Simplified Chinese word mnemonic

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adept

拿

to hold

手

hand

na2shou3 • náshǒu

adept

expert, good at, adept at, expert at

When you are 拿手 adept at something, you have a firm 拿 hold of it in your 手 hand, metaphorically speaking.

他开车很拿手。

He's a very adept driver.

做饭她很拿手。

She's adept at cooking.