善用
shàn yòng
Pinyin

Definition

善用
 - 
shàn yòng
  1. to be good at using (sth)
  2. to put (sth) to good use

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

使用
shǐ yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to make use of
用
yòng
  1. 1 to use
  2. 2 to employ
  3. 3 to have to
  4. 4 to eat or drink
  5. 5 expense or outlay
  6. 6 usefulness
  7. 7 hence
  8. 8 therefore
不用
bù yòng
  1. 1 need not
享用
xiǎng yòng
  1. 1 to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of)
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
使用者
shǐ yòng zhě
  1. 1 user
信用
xìn yòng
  1. 1 to trust
  2. 2 credit (commerce)
  3. 3 trustworthiness
  4. 4 creditworthiness
信用卡
xìn yòng kǎ
  1. 1 credit card
借用
jiè yòng
  1. 1 to borrow sth for another use
  2. 2 to borrow an idea for one's own use
备用
bèi yòng
  1. 1 reserve
  2. 2 spare
  3. 3 alternate
  4. 4 backup
利用
lì yòng
  1. 1 to exploit
  2. 2 to make use of
  3. 3 to use
  4. 4 to take advantage of
  5. 5 to utilize
友善
yǒu shàn
  1. 1 friendly
善
shàn
  1. 1 good (virtuous)
  2. 2 benevolent
  3. 3 well-disposed
  4. 4 good at sth
  5. 5 to improve or perfect
善待
shàn dài
  1. 1 to treat well
善意
shàn yì
  1. 1 goodwill
  2. 2 benevolence
  3. 3 kindness
善于
shàn yú
  1. 1 to be good at
  2. 2 to be adept at
善良
shàn liáng
  1. 1 good and honest
  2. 2 kindhearted
善变
shàn biàn
  1. 1 fickle
  2. 2 mercurial
  3. 3 changeable
  4. 4 capricious
  5. 5 to be apt to change
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
  1. 1 melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
好用
hǎo yòng
  1. 1 useful
  2. 2 serviceable
  3. 3 effective
  4. 4 handy
  5. 5 easy to use

Idioms (20)

一心二用
yī xīn èr yòng
  1. 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
  2. 2 to multitask
  3. 3 to divide one's attention
乏善可陈
fá shàn kě chén
  1. 1 to be nothing to write home about (idiom)
来者不善，善者不来
lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái
  1. 1 He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom).
  2. 2 Be careful not to trust foreigners.
  3. 3 Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
别有用心
bié yǒu yòng xīn
  1. 1 to have an ulterior motive (idiom)
别无他用
bié wú tā yòng
  1. 1 to have no other use or purpose (idiom)
刚愎自用
gāng bì zì yòng
  1. 1 obstinate and self-opinionated (idiom)
割鸡焉用牛刀
gē jī yān yòng niú dāo
  1. 1 lit. why use a pole-ax to slaughter a chicken? (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to waste effort on a trifling matter
  3. 3 also written 殺雞焉用牛刀|杀鸡焉用牛刀[shā jī yān yòng niú dāo]
劝善惩恶
quàn shàn chéng è
  1. 1 to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice
  2. 2 you get what's coming to you
善始善终
shàn shǐ shàn zhōng
  1. 1 where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth
  2. 2 to carry things through
  3. 3 I started, so I'll finish.
善有善报
shàn yǒu shàn bào
  1. 1 virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another
善自为谋
shàn zì wéi móu
  1. 1 to be good at working for one's own profit (idiom)
善自珍摄
shàn zì zhēn shè
  1. 1 take good care of yourself! (idiom)
善解人意
shàn jiě rén yì
  1. 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)
善财难舍
shàn cái nán shě
  1. 1 to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
  2. 2 skinflint
  3. 3 miserly
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
  1. 1 melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
多钱善贾
duō qián shàn gǔ
  1. 1 much capital, good business (idiom); fig. good trading conditions
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
宽打窄用
kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng
  1. 1 to give oneself leeway (idiom)
  2. 2 to allow room for error
工欲善其事，必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
彰善瘅恶
zhāng shàn dàn è
  1. 1 to distinguish good and evil (idiom); to uphold virtue and condemn evil
  2. 2 to praise good and expose vice

Sample Sentences

故善用兵者，屈人之兵而非战也，拔人之城而非攻也，毁人之国而非久也，必以全争于天下。
gù shànyòng bīng zhě ，qū rén zhī bīng ér Fēi zhàn yě ，bá rén zhī chéng ér fēi gōng yě ，huǐ rén zhī guó ér Fēi jiǔ yě ，bì yǐ quán zhēng yú tiānxià 。
Well use of the army is to defeat the enemy and take down the city without going into battle. Complete destruction of the enemy’s country is not a long term solution rather to seek a comprehensive solution.
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对于未来工作，我必定秉持全力以赴的态度并善用自己良好的沟通与协调能力、以及独特的价值观，面对更多不同的挑战。
duìyú wèilái gōngzuò ，wǒ bìdìng bǐngchí quánlìyǐfù de tàidu bìng shànyòng zìjǐ liánghǎo de gōutōng yǔ xiétiáo nénglì 、yǐjí dútè de jiàzhíguān ，miànduì gèng duō bùtóng de tiǎozhàn 。
As to my future job, I will face all challenges, being sure to give it my all and to make good use of my outstanding communication skills and talent for coordination, as well as looking at things through my unique perspective.
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