扬长避短
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom); to play to one's strengths
verbidiom
Traditional: 揚長避短
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- (verb, idiom) to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
- to play to one's strengths
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Related Words
互通有无(hù tōng yǒu wú)· mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
→取长补短(qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn)· lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
→各显所长(gè xiǎn suǒ cháng)· each displays their own strengths (idiom)
→韬光养晦(tāo guāng yǎng huì)· to conceal one's strengths and bide one's time (idiom)
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