掌握

HSK 5#1826 by frequencyradical 手

zhǎng wò["v"]

to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); fluency

Examples

掌握一门外语很难。

Mastering a foreign language is difficult.

汤姆掌握了三种语言。

Tom is fluent in three languages.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.