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取长补短 (取長補短)

qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn

Definition

  1. (lit.) use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. to use this in place of that
  3. what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

Character Decomposition

取
=
耳
+
又
长
=
？
+
一
补
=
衤
+
卜
短
=
矢
+
豆

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