各有所长

各有所長
gèyǒusuǒcháng
idiom #40,852

Meanings

  1. 1 each has their own strengths
  2. 2 every person (or thing) has their own particular merits

Examples

Tuánduì chéngyuán gèyǒusuǒcháng, yōushì hùbǔ.
The team members each have their own strengths, which complement each other.
Liǎng kuǎn shǒujī gèyǒusuǒcháng, kàn gèrén xūyào.
The two phones each have their own merits — it comes down to personal need.

Tips

history
管子·形势》: wise rulers assign officials by "what they excel at, not what they are weak at" — for all things "each has its own long and short". The idiom packages that Warring-States management principle.
mistakes
here reads cháng ("strong point; excellence"), not zhǎng ("to grow"). Same character, two readings — context is the only cue.

Stroke Order

yǒu
suǒ
cháng