各有千秋

gè yǒu qiān qiū

each has its own lasting merits

Character by character

各gè
each

有yǒu
has

千qiān
thousand

秋qiū
autumns

南方菜和北方菜各有千秋，很难说哪个更好。

Southern and northern food each have their strengths; it is hard to call one better.

Tone: positive (praise).

The polite way to refuse to pick a winner.

Learn this in Lesson 2 · HSK 5: 南方与北方 (North and south)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.