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  *短* | 短* | *短
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
HSK 2
to shorten; to reduce; to curtail
HSK 4
length / accident; mishap / right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits
HSK 6
brief (statement, summary etc) / briefly / brevity
HSK 7-9
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths
to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong
brief (in time)
unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
(idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other
lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom) / fig. to squabble; to argue over minor issues
British shorthair (abbr. for 英國短毛貓|英国短毛猫)
to gossip (idiom)
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
narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill) / superficial
poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition
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
family goings-on
to shorten / shortening
lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
to expose sb's faults or shortcomings
short-sighted
lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
to compare long and short / to compare the pros and cons


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