Definition
This four-character idiom (成语) describes a skill or performance that has reached the highest level of perfection, as if guided by supernatural power. You can use it to praise someone's artistic or technical mastery — in calligraphy, music, dance, martial arts, or any craft. The phrase literally means 'to leave the mundane and enter the transformative'.
f.e.
to reach the acme of perfectionto be in a state of superb mastery (of a skill)
Examples
- 出神入化。Tā de shūfǎ yǐjīng dádào le chū shén rù huà de jìngjiè.His calligraphy has reached the acme of perfection.
- 出神入化，。Zhè wèi gāngqínjiā de yǎnzòu chū shén rù huà, lìng rén táozuì.This pianist's performance is so superb that it mesmerizes the audience.
- 出神入化，。Tā de wǔzī chū shén rù huà, guānzhòng kàn de mùdèngkǒudāi.Her dance moves are so perfect that the audience is left speechless.
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