鉛刀一割
qiān​dāo​yī​gē

a mediocre person can be of some use

  • created sense approved 铅刀一割/鉛刀一割 · qiān​dāo​yī​gē · a mediocre person can be of some use — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    铅刀一割 / 鉛刀一割

    qiān​dāo​yī​gē

    a mediocre person can be of some use

    literally "a lead knife can still cut once"; used to humbly describe one's modest talents as still being useful in a single instance, often when requesting a position or task

    qiān​dāo​yì​gē

    铅刀 (literal) → 铅刀/鉛刀 · qiān​dāo · lead knife 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 割 (literal) → 割 · gē · to cut

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

    created sense