神通广大
shén tōng guǎng dà
having vast magical powers; resourceful, able to fix anything
Character by character
神shén
magic
magic
通tōng
powers
powers
广guǎng
wide
wide
大dà
great
great
Example
演唱会的票早就卖光了，他居然还能弄到两张，真是神通广大。
The concert sold out ages ago and yet he still managed to get two tickets; there is nothing he cannot fix.
Tone: neutral.
Usage and origin
神通 are the supernatural powers of Buddhist saints, and the phrase is the stock description of Sun Wukong and his seventy-two transformations (七十二变). In daily life it is said, half admiring and half teasing, of someone with the connections to get anything done.
Learn this in Lesson 67 · HSK 6: 《黑神话：悟空》 (Black Myth: Wukong and the games industry)
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