短小精悍 — Chinese idiom
短小精悍
duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
Meaning
- (of a person) short but plucky
- (of an article) concise and forceful
Character by character
- 短duǎnbrief, short; deficient, lacking
- 小xiǎosmall, tiny, insignificant
- 精jīngessence, germ, spirit
- 悍hàncourageous, brave; violent
Idioms sharing a character
- 一长一短 yī cháng yī duǎn
- 截长补短 jié cháng bǔ duǎn
- 扬长避短 yáng cháng bì duǎn
- 残年短景 cán nián duǎn jǐng
- 争长论短 zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
- 短中抽长 duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
- 短兵相接 duǎn bīng xiāng jiē
- 纸短情长 zhǐ duǎn qíng cháng
- 蜚短流长 fēi duǎn liú cháng
- 说长道短 shuō cháng dào duǎn
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