尺有所短，寸有所长 — Semantide dictionary

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尺chǐ有yǒu所suǒ短duǎn，,寸cùn有yǒu所suǒ长cháng

lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb); fig. everyone has their strong and weak points; everything has its advantages and disadvantages
trad. 尺有所短，寸有所長

Also written 尺有所短，寸有所長【chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ cháng】

Characters in this word

6

尺

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one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]

Pinyin: chě

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 4316 of 2500

Words starting with 尺 Words ending in 尺 Anywhere in a word

有

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to have; there is, (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

Pinyin: yǒu

Strokes: 6
Frequency: 13 of 2500

Words starting with 有 Words ending in 有 Anywhere in a word

所

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actually, place, classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc, that which, particle introducing a relative clause or passive, CL:個|个[ge4]

Pinyin: suǒ

Strokes: 8
Frequency: 347 of 2500

Words starting with 所 Words ending in 所 Anywhere in a word

短

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short, brief, to lack, weak point, fault

Pinyin: duǎn

Strokes: 12
Frequency: 3410 of 2500

Words starting with 短 Words ending in 短 Anywhere in a word

寸

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a unit of length, inch, thumb

Pinyin: cùn

Strokes: 3
Frequency: 15323 of 2500

Words starting with 寸 Words ending in 寸 Anywhere in a word

长

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long, (bound form) length, (bound form) strong point; forte, (bound form) to be good at, (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])

Pinyin: cháng
Traditional: 長

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 1042 of 2500

Words starting with 长 Words ending in 长 Anywhere in a word