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

HSK 1

他干的不是本行。

Tā gàn de bùshì běnháng.

What he's doing is not his profession.

HSK 2

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 (one's profession). The 行 is read as háng (profession/trade), not xíng (to walk).

Stroke Order

本 běn

行 xíng