取长补短
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius); to use this in place of that; what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
verb
Traditional: 取長補短
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- (verb) lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- to use this in place of that
- what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
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Related Words
失之东隅，收之桑榆(shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú)— to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
→不恤人言(bù xù rén yán)— not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
→占为己有(zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu)— to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
→己所不欲，勿施于人(jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén)— What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
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