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一个萝卜一个坑

yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng

7-character word Traditional 一個蘿蔔一個坑

What 一个萝卜一个坑 means

1. lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
2. fig. each person has his own position
3. each to his own
4. horses for courses
5. every kettle has its lid

The characters in 一个萝卜一个坑

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
• 萝luóradish
• 卜bǔ(bound form) to divine
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 个gè(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual
• 坑kēngpit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel; (literary) to bury alive