行当 (行當)
háng dang
Pinyin
Definition
行当 (行當)
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- profession
- role (acting)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to rank
- 2 ranking
- 3 seniority (among siblings)
- 1 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread
- 2 to propagate
- 3 (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular
- 4 fashionable
- 1 row
- 2 line
- 3 commercial firm
- 4 line of business
- 5 profession
- 6 to rank (first, second etc) among one's siblings (by age)
- 7 (in data tables) row
- 8 (Tw) column
Idioms (20)
一意孤行
- 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
- 2 willful
- 3 one's own way
- 4 dogmatic
一目十行
- 1 ten lines at a glance (idiom)
- 2 to read very rapidly
一言一行
- 1 every word and action (idiom)
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三句话不离本行
- 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这行当适合您啊,敢创新、有魄力头脑又转得快!做生意正好!
That kind of career suits you very well. Given your courage in innovation, along with your drive, brains and adaptability, you're perfectly suited to doing business!
行,我服了!你还真别说,航天科技转化为民用之后,创造的价值可是巨大的!就说太空漫游吧,那些有钱人都争着去,连麦当娜都报名了,这可是个挣钱的行当啊!
OK, I give up! Say no more. When aeronautical technology gets put to work for the people, it will be incredibly valuable. Just think of space travel-- rich people are all competing to go. Even Madonna has signed up. That is a seriously profitable line of business.