扬长避短
yáng​cháng​bì​duǎn

to play to one's strengths

  • created sense approved 扬长避短/揚長避短 · yáng​cháng​bì​duǎn · to play to one's strengths — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    扬长避短 / 揚長避短

    yáng​cháng​bì​duǎn

    to play to one's strengths

    to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses; to use pluses and ignore minuses

    扬 (literal) → 扬/揚 · yáng · to spread 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · forte 避 (literal) → 避 · bì · to avoid 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · weak point

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense