用得上
yòng​de​shàng

to come in handy

  • created sense approved 用得上 · yòng​de​shàng · to come in handy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    用得上

    yòng​de​shàng

    to come in handy

    to be useful; to be needed; to have a use for something

    用 (literal) → 用 · yòng · to use 得 (literal) → 得 · de · [potential] 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to go up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense