Nounskill; ability; talent

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How to Use 本事 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 本事 with other words naturally.
Idiomwith看家
kàn
jiā
běn
shì
neutral
special skill
Adjective + Nounwith
zhēn
běn
shì
neutral
real skill
Verb + Objectwith
yǒu
běn
shì
neutral
have ability
Subject + Predicatewith
běn
shì
informalSpoken
great ability

Example Sentences with 本事

yǒu
běn
shì
He has ability.
píng
jiè
de
běn
shì
zài
liè
de
jìng
zhēng
zhōng
tuō
yǐng
ér
chū
He stood out in the fierce competition by relying on his own skills.
zhēn
yǒu
běn
shì
zhè
me
kuài
jiù
zhǎng
le
zhè
me
de
ruǎn
jiàn
You really have talent, mastering such complex software so quickly.
de
běn
shì
shì
huà
huà
huà
hěn
hǎo
kàn
Her skill is drawing, and she draws very beautifully.
guǒ
méi
yǒu
zhēn
běn
shì
hěn
nán
zài
zhè
ge
háng
cháng
jiǔ
Without genuine ability, it's hard to establish oneself in this industry for the long term.
jué
de
zuì
de
běn
shì
shì
shù
néng
hái
shì
gōu
tōng
qiǎo
Do you think his greatest talent is his technical ability or his communication skills?
zài
zhè
ge
xiàng
zhōng
zhǎn
shì
le
de
běn
shì
chéng
gōng
jiě
jué
le
nán
In this project, he demonstrated his capability by successfully solving the difficult problem.
yǒu
guǎn
de
běn
shì
yòu
bèi
chuàng
xīn
de
wéi
yīn
bèi
shòu
zhòng
He possesses both management skills and innovative thinking, and is therefore highly valued.