扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
Pinyin

Definition

扬长避短
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yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. to play to one's strengths

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

短
duǎn
  1. 1 short
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 weak point
  5. 5 fault
短信
duǎn xìn
  1. 1 text message
  2. 2 SMS
回避
huí bì
  1. 1 variant of 迴避|回避[huí bì]
短暂
duǎn zàn
  1. 1 of short duration
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 momentary
短期
duǎn qī
  1. 1 short term
  2. 2 short-term
短片
duǎn piàn
  1. 1 short film
  2. 2 video clip
短线
duǎn xiàn
  1. 1 short term
短袖
duǎn xiù
  1. 1 short sleeves
  2. 2 short-sleeved shirt
短裤
duǎn kù
  1. 1 short pants
  2. 2 shorts
短路
duǎn lù
  1. 1 short circuit
短靴
duǎn xuē
  1. 1 ankle boots
简短
jiǎn duǎn
  1. 1 brief (statement, summary etc)
  2. 2 briefly
  3. 3 brevity
缩短
suō duǎn
  1. 1 to curtail
  2. 2 to cut down
躲避
duǒ bì
  1. 1 to hide
  2. 2 to evade
  3. 3 to dodge
  4. 4 to take shelter
  5. 5 to avoid (difficulties)
逃避
táo bì
  1. 1 to escape
  2. 2 to evade
  3. 3 to avoid
  4. 4 to shirk
避
bì
  1. 1 to avoid
  2. 2 to shun
  3. 3 to flee
  4. 4 to escape
  5. 5 to keep away from
  6. 6 to leave
  7. 7 to hide from
避免
bì miǎn
  1. 1 to avert
  2. 2 to prevent
  3. 3 to avoid
  4. 4 to refrain from
避孕
bì yùn
  1. 1 contraception
避孕套
bì yùn tào
  1. 1 condom
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
避开
bì kāi
  1. 1 to avoid
  2. 2 to evade
  3. 3 to keep away from

Idioms (20)

不避斧钺
bù bì fǔ yuè
  1. 1 not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)
  2. 2 not afraid of dying in combat
  3. 3 not afraid of being executed
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
张家长，李家短
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. 1 to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. 2 to play to one's strengths
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
  1. 1 to gossip (idiom)
残年短景
cán nián duǎn jǐng
  1. 1 at the end of the year (idiom)
争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
  2. 2 a storm in a teacup
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
短兵相接
duǎn bīng xiāng jiē
  1. 1 lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
  2. 2 to fight at close quarters
短小精悍
duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
  1. 1 (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)
  2. 2 (of an article) concise and forceful
说长道短
shuō cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
论长道短
lùn cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
趋吉避凶
qū jí bì xiōng
  1. 1 to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
退避三舍
tuì bì sān shè
  1. 1 lit. to retreat three day's march (idiom); fig. to give way in the face of superior strength
  2. 2 a strategic withdrawal
避世绝俗
bì shì jué sú
  1. 1 to withdraw from society and live like a hermit (idiom)
避其锐气，击其惰归
bì qí ruì qì , jī qí duò guī
  1. 1 avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)
避坑落井
bì kēng luò jǐng
  1. 1 to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
  2. 2 out of the frying pan into the fire

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