短 [duan3]

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汉字：短／拼音：duan3

短

duǎn	short/ brief/ to lack/ weak point/ fault

（短）的使用实例：

简体	繁体	拼音	英文
三长两短	三長兩短	san1 chang2 liang3 duan3	unexpected misfortune/ unexpected accident/ sudden death
中短债	中短債	zhong1 duan3 zhai4	short- or medium-term loan
中华短翅莺	中華短翅鶯	Zhong1 hua2 duan3 chi4 ying1	(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)
五短身材	五短身材	wu3 duan3 shen1 cai2	(of a person) short in stature
亚洲短趾百灵	亞洲短趾百靈	Ya4 zhou1 duan3 zhi3 bai3 ling2	(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
人生短暂，学术无涯	人生短暫，學術無涯	ren2 sheng1 duan3 zan4 , xue2 shu4 wu2 ya2	Life is short, learning is limitless/ Ars longa, vita brevis
人穷志短	人窮志短	ren2 qiong2 zhi4 duan3	poor and with low expectations/ poverty stunts ambition
北短翅莺	北短翅鶯	bei3 duan3 chi4 ying1	(bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)
取长补短	取長補短	qu3 chang2 bu3 duan3	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
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短	吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短	chi1 ren2 jia1 de5 zui3 ruan3 , na2 ren2 jia1 de5 shou3 duan3	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
垂直和短距起落飞机	垂直和短距起落飛機	chui2 zhi2 he2 duan3 ju4 qi3 luo4 fei1 ji1	vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
大短趾百灵	大短趾百靈	da4 duan3 zhi3 bai3 ling2	(bird species of China) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
家长家短	家長家短	jia1 chang2 jia1 duan3	family goings-on
寻短见	尋短見	xun2 duan3 jian4	to commit suicide
尺有所短，寸有所长	尺有所短，寸有所長	chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2	lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb)/ fig. everyone has their strong and weak points/ everything has its advantages and disadvantages
尺短寸长	尺短寸長	chi3 duan3 cun4 chang2	abbr. for 尺有所短，寸有所長\|尺有所短，寸有所长[chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2]
巨嘴短翅莺	巨嘴短翅鶯	ju4 zui3 duan3 chi4 ying1	(bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major)
弄短	弄短	nong4 duan3	to shorten/ shortening
张家长，李家短	張家長，李家短	Zhang1 jia1 chang2 , Li3 jia1 duan3	lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
形容词短语	形容詞短語	xing2 rong2 ci2 duan3 yu3	adjectival phrase
性短讯	性短訊	xing4 duan3 xun4	sexting/ sexually explicit text message
截长补短	截長補短	jie2 chang2 bu3 duan3	take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)/ to offset each other's deficiencies/ to complement each other
打短儿	打短兒	da3 duan3 r5	casual labor/ to work for a bit
扬长避短	揚長避短	yang2 chang2 bi4 duan3	to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)/ to play to one's strengths
斑胸短翅莺	斑胸短翅鶯	ban1 xiong1 duan3 chi4 ying1	(bird species of China) spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica)
昼短夜长	晝短夜長	zhou4 duan3 ye4 chang2	the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
暂短	暫短	zan4 duan3	brief (in time)
东家长西家短	東家長西家短	dong1 jia1 chang2 xi1 jia1 duan3	to gossip (idiom)
栗耳短脚鹎	栗耳短腳鵯	li4 er3 duan3 jiao3 bei1	(bird species of China) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
栗背短翅鸫	栗背短翅鶇	li4 bei4 duan3 chi4 dong1	(bird species of China) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)

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