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Definition
Star player of a ball game; a highly successful and popular ball player.
colloquialpeoplesports
How it's used
Refers specifically to athletes in team sports involving a ball, such as football, basketball, or volleyball. It carries a sense of fame and high marketability, often implying that the person has a large fan base and is a household name. You will rarely hear it applied to individual sports like swimming or gymnastics.
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Which star player do you like the most?
Related words
Common phrases
international star player
top-tier star player
Common mistake
Do not use this to describe a talented athlete in a non-ball sport, as it would sound unnatural. For athletes in general, use 運動員 instead.
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Grammar guides
- LocationHow to say where something is using 喺 (hai2), place words like 度, and the common coverbs that work like English prepositions.
- Serial verbsStringing two or more verbs together without any joining word, like go to the shop buy things. Extremely common in Cantonese.
- 將 disposalHow to move the object in front of the verb with 將, to focus on what happens to it. Common in instructions and writing.
