jìn​qí​suǒ​cháng

to give one's best

  • created reference approved 尽其所长/盡其所長 → 尽其所能/盡其所能 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽其所长 / 盡其所長 jìn​qí​suǒ​cháng

    尽其所能 / 盡其所能 jìn​qí​suǒ​néng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 尽其所长/盡其所長 · jìn​qí​suǒ​cháng · to give one's best — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽其所长 / 盡其所長

    jìn​qí​suǒ​cháng

    to give one's best

    to fully apply one's strengths or talents; to do one's best with what one is good at. Also written as [[尽其所能|盡其所能|jin4 qi2 suo3 neng2]]

    尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to do one's best 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 所长 (literal) → 所长/所長 · suǒ​cháng · strong point

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

    created sense