📖 Meaning
Everything that should be present is present. It describes a situation where a place or collection is complete and well-stocked, lacking nothing that one would expect to find.
📜 Origin Story
This phrase originates from the 'Book of Song' (宋书), specifically the biography of Jiang Zhiyuan (江智渊), a scholar-official of the Southern Dynasties period. A contemporary praised him, saying: 'What a person should have, he has in full; what a person should not have, he has none of at all—surely this describes Jiang Zhiyuan!' The remark highlighted both his abundant virtues and his freedom from undesirable traits. Over time, the first half of the quotation evolved into the idiom '应有尽有,' used to describe completeness or comprehensiveness.
💡 Example Usage
这家商场里的商品品种丰富，应有尽有。
The products in this shopping mall are so diverse that they have everything one could possibly want.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 应有尽有
- Pinyin: yīng yǒu jìn yǒu
- Literal Translation: should, have, all, have
- Category: Variety
- Characters: 4