截长补短(jié cháng bǔ duǎn): take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 截長補短
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
Character breakdown
4 characters · plays one at a time
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Word information
- Pinyin
- jié cháng bǔ duǎn
- Meaning
- take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 截長補短
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