| | (idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to be shortsighted | |
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| | shortage | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to send a text message / to text / to send SMS messages | |
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| | brief (statement, summary etc) / briefly / brevity | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (bird species of China) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris) | |
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| | to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths | |
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| | lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters | |
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| | unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death | |
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| | to give short weight | |
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| | short distance / a stone's throw away | |
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| | short training course | |
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| | phrase (grammar) | |
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| | short story | |
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| | short piece; article; short essay | |
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| | short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape) / (fig.) shortcoming; weak point | |
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| | short term / short-term | HSK 3 |
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| | ultra short wave (radio) / UHF | |
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| | short film / video clip | HSK 6 |
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| | short play; sketch; skit / (neologism c. 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode) | |
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| | (usually fig.) shortsighted / myopic | |
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| | short video; video clip | |
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| | (of a person) short but plucky (idiom) / (of an article) concise and forceful | |
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| | to expose sb's faults or shortcomings | |
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| | short term | |
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| | SMS / text message | |
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| | to gossip (idiom) | |
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| | short range | |
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| | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault | HSK 2 |
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| | sprint (race) | |
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| | family goings-on | |
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| | (bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris) | |
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| | narrow and shallow | |
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| | short garment / short jacket | |
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| | ankle boots | |
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| | lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages | |
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| | short-sighted / suicide | |
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| | lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted | |
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| | dagger | |
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| | to die young / short-lived | |
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| | adjectival phrase | |
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| | short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice) | |
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| | energy shortage | |
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| | to spread malicious gossip | |
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| | brief (in time) | |
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| | short term / short time | |
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| | to shorten / shortening | |
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| | (of a person) short in stature | |
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| | short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt | |
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| | better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony | |
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| | flash fiction | |
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| | temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) | |
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| | text message / SMS | HSK 2 |
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| | (bird species of China) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) | |
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| | to be focused on short-term gain | |
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| | (bird species of China) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) | |
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| | shortwave (radio) | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris) | |
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| | brachydactylism (genetic abnormality of short or missing fingers) | |
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| | shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points | HSK 3 |
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| | (bird species of China) spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica) | |
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| | (idiom) a piece of paper is too short to convey my feelings | |
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| | miniskirt | |
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| | to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong | |
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| | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail | HSK 4 |
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| | to give short weight | |
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| | the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom) | |
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| | (bird species of China) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus) | |
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| | short-term storage / store | |
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| | lit. short jacket party / working people / the toiling masses / blue collar workers | |
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| | long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain | |
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| | (bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major) | |
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| | (bird species of China) short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana) | |
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| | of short duration; brief; momentary | HSK 7-9 |
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| | length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits | HSK 6 |
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| | at the end of the year (idiom) | |
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| | (bird species of China) Asian stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps) | |
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| | poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition | |
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| | (bird species of China) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus) | |
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| | to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom) | |
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| | (bird species of China) tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris) | |
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| | quokka (Setonix brachyurus) | |
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| | (bird species of China) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis) | |
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| | stocky (short and robust) | |
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| | short circuit | |
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| | brief introduction | |
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| | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip | |
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| | (bird species of China) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra) | |
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| | take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other | |
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| | clothing that exposes the arms and legs (e.g. shorts, sleeveless top); to wear such clothing | |
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| | (bird species of China) grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua) | |
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| | alligator | |
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| | (bird species of China) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus) | |
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| | (slang) micro-miniskirt | |
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