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Progressing from characters to words and idioms marks advanced Chinese. This guide freely explains 「一技之長」 for your learning.

Today’s spotlight is on the Chinese idiom 「一技之長」. You’ll find its explanation and usage below.

Ji: skill, ability; Chang: excel in, strength. Refers to having certain skills or specialties.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yī jì zhī zhǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yat1 gei6 ji1 cheung4

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