截长补短
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom); to offset each other's deficiencies; to complement each other
idiomverb
Traditional: 截長補短
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- (idiom, verb) take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
- to offset each other's deficiencies
- to complement each other
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Related Words
AB制(A B zhì)— to split the bill (where the male counterpart foots the larger portion of the sum)
→一柱擎天(yī zhù qíng tiān)— lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
→一言以蔽之(yī yán yǐ bì zhī)— one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short
→一言抄百总(yī yán chāo bǎi zǒng)— to cut a long story short
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