一 yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
一技之长
yíjìzhīcháng
a useful skill; a special competence
Characters in this word
技 jì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 支 to support, to sustain
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
之 zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 丿 — falling stroke
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
长 cháng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 长 — long, lasting
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 即使学历不高，只要有一技之长，也能在市场上站稳脚跟。 Jíshǐ xuélì bù gāo, zhǐyào yǒu yíjìzhīcháng, yě néng zài shìchǎng shàng zhànwěn jiǎogēn. Even without a high level of education, someone with a useful skill can still gain a foothold in the market.
- 他靠一技之长在大城市生活得很好。 Tā kào yíjìzhīcháng zài dà chéngshì shēnghuó de hěn hǎo. Thanks to his special skill, he lives very well in a big city.
- 学一门手艺，练好一技之长，找工作就容易。 Xué yī mén shǒuyì, liàn hǎo yíjìzhīcháng, zhǎo gōngzuò jiù róngyì. Learn a craft and develop a useful skill, and finding work becomes easy.
Related words
- 一 yī one
- 一半 yíbàn half
- 一会儿 yíhuìr a moment, a little while
- 一块儿 yíkuàir together
- 一下儿 yíxiàr a bit, briefly (after a verb)
- 一样 yíyàng the same, alike
- 一边 yìbiān one side; while (doing two things at once)
- 一点儿 yìdiǎnr a little, a bit
- 一起 yìqǐ together
- 一些 yìxiē some, a few
- 不一定 bùyídìng not necessarily
- 不一会儿 bùyíhuìr in a short while