派上用场

派上用場
pàishàngyòngchǎng
  1. to put to good use
  2. to come in handy

CEDICT

to come in handy; to become useful

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 派 pài
  1. (literary) tributary; branch of a river
  2. clique; school; group; faction
  3. (bound form) style; manner
  4. to send (a person or resource); to dispatch; to allocate (a resource or task); to appoint (sb)
  5. classifier for factions, groups etc
  6. (preceded by 一 yī) classifier used in characterizing a scene, atmosphere, demeanor, sound, remark etc
  7. (loanword) pi (Greek letter Π, π); the circular ratio 𝜋 = 3.14159...
  8. (loanword) pie
2 上 shàng
  1. (bound form) up; upper; above; previous
  2. first (of multiple parts)
  3. to climb; to get onto; to go up
  4. to attend (class or university)
  5. (directional complement) up
  6. (noun suffix) on; above
3 用场 yòngchǎng use; application

Related entries

善用 shànyòng
  1. to be good at using (sth)
  2. to put (sth) to good use
他能善用時間。

He makes good use of his time.

Source: Tatoeba

用得其所 yòngdeqísuǒ
  1. used properly
  2. used for its intended purpose
  3. to put to good use
  4. to serve its purpose