本行

běnháng

noun #19,750

Meanings

1 one's own profession
2 one's line of work

Characters

one's own; original

profession; trade; line of business

Examples

他干的不是本行。

Tā gàn de bù shì běnháng.

What he's doing is not his profession.

三句话不离本行。

Sān jù huà bù lí běnháng.

Every other sentence is about one's line of work. (To always talk shop)

Tips

grammar

Note the reading: 本行 (běnháng, one's profession). The 行 is read as háng (profession/trade), not xíng (to walk).

Stroke Order

本 běn

行 xíng