长短
cháng duǎn
Pinyin

Definition

长短
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cháng duǎn
  1. length
  2. duration
  3. accident
  4. right and wrong
  5. good and bad
  6. long and short

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
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
长短
cháng duǎn
  1. 1 length
  2. 2 duration
  3. 3 accident
  4. 4 right and wrong
  5. 5 good and bad
  6. 6 long and short
人穷志短
rén qióng zhì duǎn
  1. 1 poor and with low expectations
  2. 2 poverty stunts ambition
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
寻短见
xún duǎn jiàn
  1. 1 to commit suicide
弄短
nòng duǎn
  1. 1 to shorten
  2. 2 shortening
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
短促
duǎn cù
  1. 1 short in time
  2. 2 fleeting
  3. 3 brief
  4. 4 gasping (breath)
  5. 5 curt (tone of voice)
短传
duǎn chuán
  1. 1 short pass (in ball game)
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

Idioms (16)

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
长吁短叹
cháng xū duǎn tàn
  1. 1 long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
长话短说
cháng huà duǎn shuō
  1. 1 to make a long story short (idiom)

Sample Sentences

就是。大小、长短这些最基本的东西都不对。你叫我们怎么穿？
jiùshì 。dàxiǎo 、chángduǎn zhèxiē zuì jīběn de dōngxi dōu bùduì 。nǐ jiào wǒmen zěnme chuān ？
Yeah. The size, the length-- these fundamental things are all wrong. How do you expect me to wear this?
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好，我也是这么想，我希望可以找到长短、大小合适，而且又时髦又好看的裤子。这个周末可以和我一起逛街吗？
hǎo ，wǒ yě shì zhème xiǎng ，wǒ xīwàng kěyǐ zhǎodào chángduǎn 、dàxiǎo héshì ，érqiě yòu shímáo yòu hǎokàn de kùzi 。zhège zhōumò kěyǐ hé wǒ yīqǐ guàngjiē ma ？
Good! I was thinking the same thing. I hope that I can find pants that are the right length and size, but also are in style and good looking pants. Can you go shopping with me this weekend?
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对呀，我怎么忘了“长”是多音字了。既可以读成“长短”的“长”，也可以读成“长大”的“长”啊。唉，真是白学了。你看，都不能学以致用。
duìyā ，wǒ zěnme wàng le “cháng ”shì duōyīnzì le 。jì kěyǐ dú chéng “chángduǎn ”de “cháng ”，yě kěyǐ dú chéng “zhǎngdà ”de “zhǎng ”ā 。āi ，zhēnshì báixué le 。nǐ kàn ，dōu bùnéng xuéyǐzhìyòng 。
Oh, right, how could I forget that the character ''chang" has multiple readings? It can be read as ''chang," like in the word for ''length," or as ''zhang" as in ''to grow up." Agh, I studied for nothing. Look, we can't study what we need to know.
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这是老毛病，按摩师傅说我长短脚。
zhè shì lǎomáobìng ，ànmó shīfu shuō wǒ chángduǎnjiǎo 。
It's an chronic problem, the masseur said that I've got one leg longer than the other.
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我没听过足科？他们能矫正长短脚吗？
wǒ méi tīng guo zúkē ？tāmen néng jiǎozhèng chángduǎnjiǎo ma ？
I've never heard of podiatry? Can they correct one leg being longer than the other?
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头发的长短
tóufa de chángduǎn
length of hair
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这条裙子的长短怎么样？
zhè tiáo qúnzi de chángduǎn zěnmeyàng ？
How's the length of this skirt?
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长短
chángduǎn
length
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俗语长短不一定，有三四个字的，也有七八个字的。
súyǔ chángduǎn bù yīdìng ，yǒu sānsì ge zì de ，yě yǒu qī bā ge zì de 。
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