[取长补短 / 取長補短, qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn, ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ]lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (成语 saw from Mencius); to use this in place of that; what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts#29692[Add to Longdo]
[短兵相接, duǎn bīng xiāng jiē, ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄐㄧㄝ]lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (成语 saw); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat; to fight at close quarters#48044[Add to Longdo]
[飞短流长 / 飛短流長, fēi duǎn liú cháng, ㄈㄟ ㄉㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ]lit. flies near and flows far (成语 saw); fig. malicious gossip-mongering; to calumny#79542[Add to Longdo]
[争长论短 / 爭長論短, zhēng cháng lùn duǎn, ㄓㄥ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ]lit. to argue who is right and wrong (成语 saw); to quibble; a storm in a teacup#406981[Add to Longdo]
[きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ, kigyoutankikeizaikansokuchousa](n) (See 日銀短観・にちぎんたんかん) the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey[Add to Longdo]
[あかたん(赤短;赤丹);あかタン(赤タン), akatan ( aka tan ; akatan ); aka tan ( aka tan )](n) (See 花札) (in hanafuda) the collection of the three red poetry ribbon cards[Add to Longdo]