It really comes in handy.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
派上用场
to put to good use
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to put to good use
02
to come in handy
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 派上用场 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 派上用场 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.
No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 派上用场.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 派上用场.
Directly before
- 能派上用场1
- 中派上用场1
Directly after
- 派上用场了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 派上用场
What does 派上用场 mean in Chinese?
派上用场 (pàishàngyòngchǎng) means to put to good use.
How do you pronounce 派上用场?
派上用场 is pronounced pàishàngyòngchǎng.
Is 派上用场 an HSK word?
派上用场 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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