截长补短
Traditional form:
截長補短
Pinyin (reading):
jiéchángbǔduǎn
Definitions:
- take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
- to offset each other's deficiencies
- to complement each other
Characters:
- 截 - to cut off, to obstruct, to stop; segment; intersection
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 补 - to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore
- 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
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