▸ 从前cóng qián，有yǒu一个人yī gè rén很hěn会huì射箭shè jiàn。

Long ago, there was a man who was very good at shooting arrows.

▸ 他tā十shí次cì能néng射中shè zhòng九jiǔ次cì。

Out of ten shots, he could hit nine.

▸ 一个yī ge卖mài油yóu的de老人lǎo rén看了kàn le，只是zhǐ shì笑xiào笑xiào。

An old man who sold oil watched and only smiled.

▸ 那个人nà gè rén生气shēng qì地de问wèn：“你nǐ会huì射箭shè jiàn吗ma？”

The man asked angrily, "Can you shoot arrows?"

▸ 老人lǎo rén说shuō：“我wǒ不会bù huì，可是kě shì我wǒ会huì倒dào油yóu。”

The old man said, "I can't, but I can pour oil."

▸ 他tā把bǎ一个yī ge小钱xiǎo qián放在fàng zài瓶píng口kǒu上shàng。

He put a small coin on the mouth of a bottle.

▸ 钱qián的de中间zhōng jiān有yǒu一个yī ge小xiǎo洞dòng。

The coin had a small hole in the middle.

▸ 油yóu从小cóng xiǎo洞dòng流liú进jìn瓶子píng zi里lǐ。

The oil flowed through the little hole into the bottle.

▸ 钱qián上shàng一点yī diǎn油yóu也yě没有méi yǒu。

Not a drop of oil got on the coin.

▸ 老人lǎo rén说shuō：“我wǒ天天tiān tiān倒dào油yóu，手shǒu熟shú了le。”

The old man said, "I pour oil every day, so my hands know the way."

▸ 这个zhè ge成语chéng yǔ是shì“熟能生巧shú néng shēng qiǎo”。

This idiom is "practice makes perfect."

▸ 意思yì si是shì：一件yī jiàn事shì做得zuò de多了duō le，就jiù会huì做得zuò de很好hěn hǎo。

It means: when you do something many times, you get very good at it.

▸ 例句lì jù：多duō写xiě汉字hàn zì，熟能生巧shú néng shēng qiǎo，你nǐ会huì越yuè写xiě越yuè好hǎo。

Example: Write characters often — practice makes perfect, and you will write better and better.

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