take from the long to supplement the short (idiom); to offset each other's deficiencies; to complement each other
trad. 截長補短
Also written 截長補短【jié cháng bǔ duǎn】
Characters in this word
4截
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to cut off (a length), to stop, to intercept, section, chunk, length
- Pinyin
- jié
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 33024 of 2500
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
补
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to repair, to patch, to mend, to make up for, to fill (a vacancy), to supplement
- Pinyin
- bǔ
- Traditional
- 補
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 10841 of 2500
短
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short, brief, to lack, weak point, fault
- Pinyin
- duǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3410 of 2500