截长补短 — Chinese idiom
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
Traditional: 截長補短
Meaning
- take from the long to supplement the short
- to offset each other's deficiencies
- to complement each other
Character by character
- 截jiéto cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; interse
- 长chánglong, lasting; to excel in
- 补bǔto fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
- 短duǎnbrief, short; deficient, lacking
Idioms sharing a character
- 斩钉截铁 zhǎn dīng jié tiě
- 直截了当 zhí jié liǎo dàng
- 一技之长 yī jì zhī cháng
- 一长一短 yī cháng yī duǎn
- 来日方长 lái rì fāng cháng
- 各显所长 gè xiǎn suǒ cháng
- 土生土长 tǔ shēng tǔ zhǎng
- 大排长龙 dà pái cháng lóng
- 天长地久 tiān cháng dì jiǔ
- 天长日久 tiān cháng rì jiǔ
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