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Pronunciation
俗话说 ( sú huà shuō ) 熟能生巧 ( shú néng shēng qiǎo )
俗 (ぞく(P);しょく(ok)) (n) (1) layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world; (2) local manners; modern customs; (adj-na,adj-no) (3) common; popular; (4) (ant [EDICT] (sú, ㄙㄨˊ ) custom; convention; popular; common; coarse; vulgar; secular [CE-DICT] 话 (huà, ㄏㄨㄚˋ ) dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said [CE-DICT] 说 (shuì, ㄕㄨㄟˋ ) persuade (politically) [CE-DICT] (shuō, ㄕㄨㄛ ) to speak; to say; a theory (usually in compounds such as 日心说 heliocentric theory) [CE-DICT] 熟 (つくづく(P);つくつく) (adj-na,adv) (uk) (on-mim) completely; really; thoroughly; deeply; severely; intently; (P) [EDICT] (shú, ㄕㄨˊ ) cooked (of food); ripe (of fruit); mature (of seeds); familiar; skilled; done; colloquial pr. shou2 [CE-DICT] 能 (のう) (n,n-suf) (1) talent; gift; function; (2) noh (theatre); (P) [EDICT] (néng, ㄋㄥˊ ) can; may; capable; energy; able; surname Neng [CE-DICT] 生 (うぶ) (adj-na,n,adj-no) (1) (esp. 初, 初心) innocent; naive; unsophisticated; inexperienced; green; wet behind the ears; (n-pref) (2) (産, 生) birth- [EDICT] (いく) (pref) (arch) vital; virile; lively [EDICT] (き) (n,pref) pure; undiluted; raw; crude [EDICT] (せい;しょう) (n) (1) life; living; (n,n-suf) (2) (せい only) (male) (hum) I; me; myself [EDICT] (なま) (adj-no,adj-na,n,n-pref) (1) raw; uncooked; fresh; (2) natural; unedited; unprocessed; crude; (3) (col) unprotected (i.e. not wearing a condom); (4) live (i.e. not recorded); (5) inexperienced; unpolished; green; (6) (abbr) (See 御生,生意気) impudence; sauciness; (7) (abbr) (See 生ビール) unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer; (pref) (8) partially; somewhat; half-; semi-; (P) [EDICT] (ふ) (n,n-suf) (See 芝生) area of thick growth (of trees, grass, etc.) [EDICT] (なまり) (n) (uk) (abbr) (See 生り節) boiled and half-dried bonito [EDICT] (shēng, ㄕㄥ ) to be born; to give birth; life; to grow [CE-DICT] 巧 (qiǎo, ㄑㄧㄠˇ ) opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely [CE-DICT]
