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本领

běn lǐng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 本領 Measure word 项、个

本领 (běn lǐng) means "skill, ability". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 本领 means

1. skill
2. ability
3. capability

The characters in 本领

• 本běn(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this
• 领lǐngneck; collar; to lead

Example sentences

• 若老师要筹划一趟假期旅行或类似需要比价、核算费用的事，他便会借助学生的本领。有时，妻子想要一个新果盘，或丈夫想要一把新裁纸刀；许多人有儿子需要听睡前短故事，或有女儿的洋娃娃必须穿上最时髦的衣裳；凡此种种，老师一律让学生替他代劳。
  If the teacher is to plan out a vacation or something similar requiring one to compare prices and figure out what it would cost, it is the pupils' skills he would exploit. Sometimes, the wife may be wishing for a new fruit bowl, or perhaps the husband is looking for a new letter opener. Many have sons that require a short bedside story or daughters with dolls that must be clad in clothing of utmost fashionability; all this, the teacher makes the pupils make for him.

Words containing 本领

• 看家本领kān jiā běn lǐng(idiom) one's forte

Where 本领 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Ability, Achievement & Excellence (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read běn lǐng correctly.
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