"取長補短" meaning in Chinese

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    {
      "english": "Now, Teng, taking its length with its breadth, will amount, I suppose, to fifty li. It is small, but still sufficient to make a good State.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Jīn téng, jué cháng bǔ duǎn, jiāng wǔshí lǐ yě, yóu kěyǐ wèi shàn guó.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "今滕，絕長補短，將五十里也，猶可以為善國。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Now, Teng, taking its length with its breadth, will amount, I suppose, to fifty li. It is small, but still sufficient to make a good State.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Jīn téng, jué cháng bǔ duǎn, jiāng wǔshí lǐ yě, yóu kěyǐ wèi shàn guó.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "今滕，绝长补短，将五十里也，犹可以为善国。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Mencius (《孟子·滕文公上》)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "取长补短",
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        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
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        {
          "english": "Cadres, new and old, should respect each other, learn from each other and overcome their own shortcomings by learning from each other's strong points, so as to unite as one in the common cause and guard against sectarian tendencies.",
          "raw_tags": [
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          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Xīnlǎo gànbù yīnggāi shì bǐcǐ zūnzhòng, hùxiāng xuéxí, qǔchángbǔduǎn, yǐbiàn tuánjié yīzhì, jìnxíng gòngtóng de shìyè, ér fángzhǐ zōngpài zhǔyì de qīngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "新老幹部應該是彼此尊重，互相學習，取長補短，以便團結一致，進行共同的事業，而防止宗派主義的傾向。",
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        },
        {
          "english": "Cadres, new and old, should respect each other, learn from each other and overcome their own shortcomings by learning from each other's strong points, so as to unite as one in the common cause and guard against sectarian tendencies.",
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          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Xīnlǎo gànbù yīnggāi shì bǐcǐ zūnzhòng, hùxiāng xuéxí, qǔchángbǔduǎn, yǐbiàn tuánjié yīzhì, jìnxíng gòngtóng de shìyè, ér fángzhǐ zōngpài zhǔyì de qīngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "新老干部应该是彼此尊重，互相学习，取长补短，以便团结一致，进行共同的事业，而防止宗派主义的倾向。",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to learn from others' merits to offset one's weaknesses"
      ],
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          "learn"
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          "others",
          "others"
        ],
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          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
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          "offset",
          "offset"
        ],
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          "weaknesses",
          "weaknesses"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "掠長補短"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "掠长补短"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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        "Mencius (book)"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǔchángbǔduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ceoi² coeng⁴ bou² dyun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǔchángbǔduǎn [Phonetic:qǔchángbúduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cyǔchángbǔduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻü³-chʻang²-pu³-tuan³"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyǔ-cháng-bǔ-dwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cheucharngbuudoan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цюйчанбудуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cjujčanbuduanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéui chèuhng bóu dyún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoey² tsoeng⁴ bou² dyn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cêu² cêng⁴ bou² dün²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ tyːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: qǔchángbúduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ tyːn³⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "取長補短"
}

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    {
      "english": "Now, Teng, taking its length with its breadth, will amount, I suppose, to fifty li. It is small, but still sufficient to make a good State.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Traditional Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Jīn téng, jué cháng bǔ duǎn, jiāng wǔshí lǐ yě, yóu kěyǐ wèi shàn guó.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "今滕，絕長補短，將五十里也，猶可以為善國。",
      "type": "quote"
    },
    {
      "english": "Now, Teng, taking its length with its breadth, will amount, I suppose, to fifty li. It is small, but still sufficient to make a good State.",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Classical Chinese",
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ],
      "ref": " Mencius, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version",
      "roman": "Jīn téng, jué cháng bǔ duǎn, jiāng wǔshí lǐ yě, yóu kěyǐ wèi shàn guó.",
      "tags": [
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "text": "今滕，绝长补短，将五十里也，犹可以为善国。",
      "type": "quote"
    }
  ],
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  "etymology_text": "From Mencius (《孟子·滕文公上》)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "取长补短",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 取",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 短",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 補",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 長",
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        "Chinese verbs",
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          "english": "Cadres, new and old, should respect each other, learn from each other and overcome their own shortcomings by learning from each other's strong points, so as to unite as one in the common cause and guard against sectarian tendencies.",
          "raw_tags": [
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          ],
          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Xīnlǎo gànbù yīnggāi shì bǐcǐ zūnzhòng, hùxiāng xuéxí, qǔchángbǔduǎn, yǐbiàn tuánjié yīzhì, jìnxíng gòngtóng de shìyè, ér fángzhǐ zōngpài zhǔyì de qīngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "text": "新老幹部應該是彼此尊重，互相學習，取長補短，以便團結一致，進行共同的事業，而防止宗派主義的傾向。",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "english": "Cadres, new and old, should respect each other, learn from each other and overcome their own shortcomings by learning from each other's strong points, so as to unite as one in the common cause and guard against sectarian tendencies.",
          "raw_tags": [
            "MSC",
            "Simplified Chinese"
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          "ref": " 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition",
          "roman": "Xīnlǎo gànbù yīnggāi shì bǐcǐ zūnzhòng, hùxiāng xuéxí, qǔchángbǔduǎn, yǐbiàn tuánjié yīzhì, jìnxíng gòngtóng de shìyè, ér fángzhǐ zōngpài zhǔyì de qīngxiàng.",
          "tags": [
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "新老干部应该是彼此尊重，互相学习，取长补短，以便团结一致，进行共同的事业，而防止宗派主义的倾向。",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to learn from others' merits to offset one's weaknesses"
      ],
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          "learn",
          "learn"
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        [
          "others",
          "others"
        ],
        [
          "merit",
          "merit"
        ],
        [
          "offset",
          "offset"
        ],
        [
          "weaknesses",
          "weaknesses"
        ]
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        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Mencius (book)"
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǔchángbǔduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ceoi² coeng⁴ bou² dyun²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "qǔchángbǔduǎn [Phonetic:qǔchángbúduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cyǔchángbǔduǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻü³-chʻang²-pu³-tuan³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chyǔ-cháng-bǔ-dwǎn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cheucharngbuudoan"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "цюйчанбудуань"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cjujčanbuduanʹ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéui chèuhng bóu dyún"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "tsoey² tsoeng⁴ bou² dyn²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cêu² cêng⁴ bou² dün²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ tyːn³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: qǔchángbúduǎn]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡ɕʰy²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/t͡sʰɵy̯³⁵ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹ pou̯³⁵ tyːn³⁵/"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "roman": "lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "掠長補短"
    },
    {
      "roman": "lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "掠长补短"
    }
  ],
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}

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