论长道短 — Chinese idiom
论长道短
lùn cháng dào duǎn
Traditional: 論長道短
Meaning
- lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits ; to gossip
Character by character
- 论lùndebate; discussion
- 长chánglong, lasting; to excel in
- 道dàomethod, way; path, road
- 短duǎnbrief, short; deficient, lacking
Idioms sharing a character
- 一概而论 yī gài ér lùn
- 品头论足 pǐn tóu lùn zú
- 坐而论道 zuò ér lùn dào
- 奇谈怪论 qí tán guài lùn
- 姑置勿论 gū zhì wù lùn
- 平心而论 píng xīn ér lùn
- 成败论人 chéng bài lùn rén
- 数黑论白 shǔ hēi lùn bái
- 数黑论黄 shǔ hēi lùn huáng
- 格杀勿论 gé shā wù lùn
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