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The Chinese word **神枪手 (shénqiāngshǒu)**, meaning "sharpshooter" or "crack shot," is a compound noun formed through semantic combination: the morpheme **神 (shén)**, meaning "divine" or "supernatural," acts as an intensifying modifier to convey exceptional skill; this modifies **枪 (qiāng)**, meaning "gun" or "rifle"; and the compound is completed with **手 (shǒu)**, meaning "hand," which here functions as a suffix denoting a person skilled in a particular activity. Thus, the term literally constructs the meaning "divine-gun-hand," metaphorically describing a person whose hand (and by extension, aim) is supernaturally skilled with a firearm.

Word Definition - 神枪手

shén qiāng shǒu sharpshooter