半天云里拍巴掌，高手半天雲里拍巴掌，高手半天雲里拍巴掌，高手

clapping hands in the mid-sky: a high hand

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Praises someone as a master or expert at a skill. Approving, often joking.
Wordplay: 高手 (gāoshǒu) means both 'a hand held high' and 'an expert'.

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Simplified: 半天云里拍巴掌，高手
Traditional (Taiwan): 半天雲里拍巴掌，高手
Pinyin: bàntiān Yún li pāi bāzhang, gāoshǒu
Pinyin (Taiwan): bàntiān Yún lǐ pāi bāzhang, gāoshǒu
Bopomofo: ㄅㄢˋ ㄊㄧㄢㄩㄣˊ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄞㄅㄚ ˙ㄓㄤ，ㄍㄠㄕㄡˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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