一技之长

• 拼音: yī jì zhī cháng
• 汉字拆解: 一 = single horizontal stroke (one/a); 技 = 扌 + 支 (hand + branch — hand applying a technique/skill); 之 = 丶 + 乙 (classical possessive/linking particle); 长 = simplified 長 = pictographic (flowing hair — originally meaning 'long/growth', extended to 'forte/strength')

含义

A skill or special ability one has mastered; a particular area of expertise. Refers to a practical talent or capability that sets a person apart and provides a livelihood or advantage.

A four-character set phrase used to describe a person's marketable or notable skill — often in contexts of employment, self-improvement, or social mobility. Implies the skill is concrete and applicable (not merely theoretical). Common collocations: 拥有一技之长、掌握一技之长、凭一技之长谋生.

例句

1. 职业培训学校的招生广告写道，无论学历高低，只要掌握一技之长，便能在竞争激烈的劳动力市场中立足。
2. 她从小跟随父亲学习木雕，如今凭借这门一技之长，在工艺品市场上闯出了一片属于自己的天地。
3. 人力资源专家建议，年轻人在校期间应主动培养至少一项专业技能，以便毕业后凭借一技之长顺利进入职场。

用法指南

语境: employment, education, self-improvement, social mobility

语气: encouraging

正确说法

• 政府出台了一系列针对退役军人的职业技能培训政策，帮助他们在回归社会后尽快掌握一技之长，顺利完成从军人到劳动者的身份转变。(The government has introduced a series of vocational skills training policies targeting demobilised veterans, helping them quickly acquire a marketable skill after returning to civilian life and smoothly complete the identity transition from soldier to worker.)
• 这位年近五十才开始学习编程的下岗工人，凭借两年的刻苦自学掌握了一技之长，最终成功转型为一名月薪不菲的初级前端开发工程师。(This laid-off worker, who began learning to code only when nearly fifty, through two years of diligent self-study acquired a marketable skill and ultimately successfully transitioned into a junior front-end developer with a decent monthly salary.)

错误说法

• 他有很多一技之长 — 一技之长 already specifies a single skill (一 = one); saying 很多一技之长 contradicts the 'one' in the idiom; use 身怀多项技能 or 技艺多样 to express multiple skills

起源与历史

一 (one/a single) + 技 (skill/technique) + 之 (structural particle — linking modifier to noun) + 长 (strength/forte) — literally 'one's strength in a particular skill'

文化背景

时代: Classical/Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal