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What does 本领 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

本领 běnlǐng

skill; ability

Its characters

  1. 本 běn root
  2. 领 lǐng to lead

In a sentence

他学会了很多生活本领。 He learned a lot of life skills.

我要去找神仙,学长生不老的本领!

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