取长补短
Traditional form:
取長補短
Pinyin (reading):
qǔchángbǔduǎn
Definitions:
- lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- to use this in place of that
- what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
Characters:
- 取 - to take, to receive, to obtain; to select
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 补 - to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
- 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
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