短板
短板
duǎn bǎn
short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); (fig.) shortcoming; weak point
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- short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape)
- (fig.) shortcoming
- weak point
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Related Words
短处(duǎn chù)— shortcoming
→尺有所短，寸有所长(chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ cháng)— lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb)
→弹幕(dàn mù)— barrage (military)
→疏而不漏(shū ér bù lòu)— loose, but allows no escape (idiom, from Laozi 老子); the way of Heaven is fair, but the guilty will not escape
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