brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity

to shorten; to reduce; to curtail

unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death

length; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits

to shorten; shortening

to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong

to expose sb's faults or shortcomings

brief (in time)

narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill); superficial

British shorthair (abbr. for 英國短毛貓|英国短毛猫[Ying1 guo2 duan3 mao2 mao1])

short-sighted

lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius); to use this in place of that; what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded

lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); fig. to squabble; to argue over minor issues

poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition

family goings-on

take from the long to supplement the short (idiom); to offset each other's deficiencies; to complement each other

to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom); to play to one's strengths

lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip

lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip

to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons

to gossip (idiom)

lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom); fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted