论长道短 — Chinese idiom

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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