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截長補短 (截长补短)

jié cháng bǔ duǎn

Definition

  1. take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. to complement each other

Character Decomposition

截
=
？
+
隹
長
=
？
+
？
補
=
衤
+
甫
短
=
矢
+
豆

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