短小精悍
duǎn​xiǎo​jīng​hàn

short and capable

  • created sense approved 短小精悍 · duǎn​xiǎo​jīng​hàn · short and capable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    短小精悍

    duǎn​xiǎo​jīng​hàn

    short and capable

    (of a person) short in stature but strong, energetic, and capable

    短小 (literal) → 短小 · duǎn​xiǎo · short of stature 精悍 (literal) → 精悍 · jīng​hàn · capable

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 短小精悍 · duǎn​xiǎo​jīng​hàn · concise and forceful — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    短小精悍

    duǎn​xiǎo​jīng​hàn

    concise and forceful

    (of writing or speech) brief, pithy, and powerful

    短小 (literal) → 短小 · duǎn​xiǎo · short and small 精悍 (literal) → 精悍 · jīng​hàn · pithy

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

    created sense