折长补短
zhé​cháng​bǔ​duǎn

to take from the long to supplement the short

  • created sense approved 折长补短/折長補短 · zhé​cháng​bǔ​duǎn · to take from the long to supplement the short — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    折长补短 / 折長補短

    zhé​cháng​bǔ​duǎn

    to take from the long to supplement the short

    To take from where there is a surplus to make up for a deficiency; to compensate for shortcomings by using strengths.

    折 (literal) → 折 · zhé · to break 长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 补 (literal) → 补/補 · bǔ · to supplement 短 (literal) → 短 · duǎn · weak point

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

    created sense