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  *短* | 短* | *短
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
HSK 2
text message / SMS
HSK 2
short term / short-term
HSK 3
short pants / shorts
HSK 3
shortcoming / defect / fault / one's weak points
HSK 3
to curtail / to cut down
HSK 4
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
short film / video clip
HSK 6
brief (statement, summary etc) / briefly / brevity
HSK 7-9
of short duration; brief; momentary
HSK 7-9
shortage
HSK 7-9
phrase (grammar)
to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong
clause
short circuit
short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt
to be shortsighted
short term
to be short of the full amount
to expose sb's faults or shortcomings
talking endlessly; long-winded
sprint (race)
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
shortwave (radio)
to give short weight
dagger
SMS / text message
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths
to die young / short-lived
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
short range
narrow and shallow
short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice)
(slang) micro-miniskirt
ultra short wave (radio) / UHF
(of a person) short but plucky (idiom) / (of an article) concise and forceful
sock
(usually fig.) shortsighted / myopic
to give short weight
brief (in time)
to make a long story short (idiom)
lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat / to fight at close quarters
long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / fig. to squabble; to argue over minor issues
temporary job / odd job / seasonal worker
stocky (short and robust)
ankle boots
short-sighted / suicide
lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
(of a person) short in stature
to spread malicious gossip
to fall short in one's payments / to lack / to be short of
ballad
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other
to spread malicious gossip / also written 飛短流長|飞短流长
short garment / short jacket
miniskirt
(slang) micro-miniskirt
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
short video; video clip
(bird species of China) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
energy shortage
short- or medium-term loan
(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)
(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis
poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition
(bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)
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
vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
(bird species of China) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
family goings-on
to commit suicide
(bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major)
to shorten / shortening
lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
adjectival phrase
sext
casual labor / to work for a bit
(bird species of China) spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica)
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
to gossip (idiom)
(bird species of China) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
(bird species of China) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)
(bird species of China) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris)
flash fiction
at the end of the year (idiom)
(bird species of China) grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua)
(bird species of China) ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
(bird species of China) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Napothera naungmungensis)
to text / to send SMS messages
(bird species of China) lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris)
(bird species of China) white-bellied redstart (Luscinia phoenicuroides)
short-sighted
to make the best of a bad job / to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
short position (finance)

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