瑕瑜互見
xiá​yú​hù​jiàn

to have both merits and faults

  • created sense approved 瑕瑜互见/瑕瑜互見 · xiá​yú​hù​jiàn · to have both merits and faults — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    瑕瑜互见 / 瑕瑜互見

    xiá​yú​hù​jiàn

    to have both merits and faults

    Literally describes a piece of jade showing both its blemishes and its luster; used to describe a person or thing that has both strengths and weaknesses

    xiá​yú​hù​xiàn

    瑕瑜 (literal) → 瑕瑜 · xiá​yú · good and bad points 互见 (literal) → 互见/互見 · hù​jiàn · to exist side by side

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

    created sense