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短中抽长

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
短中抽长 duǎnzhōngchōucháng	短中抽长 \| 短中抽长* \| *短中抽长	to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)	短中抽長

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
短	短 \| 短* \| *短	12画矢 + 7	duǎn	short; brief; deficient, lacking	dyun2	8141.8 OKMRT


中	中 \| 中* \| *中	4画丨 + 3	zhōng, zhòng	central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain	zung1	5000.6 L


抽	抽 \| 抽* \| *抽	8画手扌 + 5	chōu	draw out, pull out; sprout	cau1	5506.0 QLW


长	长 \| 长* \| *长	4画长 + 0	cháng, zhǎng, zhàng	long; length; excel in; leader	coeng4	長 4273 LHMO

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Simplified		English Definition
短中抽长 duǎnzhōngchōucháng	短中抽长 \| 短中抽长* \| *短中抽长	to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)


短 duǎn	短 \| 短* \| *短	short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault


中　Zhōng	中 \| 中* \| *中	(bound form) China; Chinese / surname Zhong


中　zhōng	中 \| 中* \| *中	within; among; in / middle; center / while (doing sth); during / (dialect) OK; all right


中　zhòng	中 \| 中* \| *中	to hit (a target) / to be struck by (a bullet, illness etc) / to win (a prize or lottery)


抽　　chōu	抽 \| 抽* \| *抽	to draw out; to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / to inhale (esp. smoke) / (of fabric etc) to shrink / (of certain plants) to sprout; to bud / to whip; to thrash / classifier for sheets (of tissues, wet wipes etc)


长　　　cháng	长 \| 长* \| *长	long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point; forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4])


长　　　zhǎng	长 \| 长* \| *长	chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance