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"english": "Zhongni refused to borrow an umbrella from Zixia, for he wished to conceal Zixia's shortcoming (i.e. unwillingness to aid others) from the view of others.",
"ref": "From: c. 260, Ji Kang (嵇康), Letter to My Former Friend Shan Juyuan Severing All Bonds (《與山巨源絕交書》)",
"roman": "Zhòngní bù jiǎ gài yú Zǐxià, hù qí duǎn yě. [Pinyin]",
"text": "仲尼不假蓋於子夏，護其短也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n仲尼不假盖于子夏，护其短也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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{
"english": "The so-called Daoists are so versed in lies and deception that learners may fall prey to them. Meanwhile they do everything to cover up their faults and conceal their stupidity.",
"ref": "From: c. 4th century, Ge Hong (葛洪), Baopuzi (《抱朴子》)",
"roman": "Zhū xūmíng zhī dàoshì, jì shàn wéi kuángzhà, yǐ qī xuézhě, yòu duō hùduǎn nìyú. [Pinyin]",
"text": "諸虛名之道士，既善為誑詐，以欺學者，又多護短匿愚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n诸虚名之道士，既善为诳诈，以欺学者，又多护短匿愚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
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"to stick up for oneself or one's ally despite their shortcoming or wrongdoing; to avoid exposing one's own or someone's inadequacy"
],
"id": "en-護短-zh-verb-0Fco~-J4",
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"stick up for",
"stick up for"
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"oneself",
"oneself"
],
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"ally",
"ally"
],
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"shortcoming",
"shortcoming"
],
[
"wrongdoing",
"wrongdoing"
],
[
"avoid",
"avoid"
],
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"exposing",
"exposing"
],
[
"inadequacy",
"inadequacy"
]
],
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"(idiomatic) to stick up for oneself or one's ally despite their shortcoming or wrongdoing; to avoid exposing one's own or someone's inadequacy"
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"zh-pron": "hùduǎn"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "wu⁶ dyun²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hō͘-toán"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hō͘-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "hùduǎn"
},
{
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"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "hùduǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hu⁴-tuan³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hù-dwǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huhdoan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "худуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xuduanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "wuh dyún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "wu⁶ dyn²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "wu⁶ dün²"
},
{
"ipa": "/wuː²² tyːn³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hō͘-toán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hōo-tuán"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoxdoarn"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² tuan⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tuan⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "hō͘-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "hōo-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoxdea"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "huH twanX"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/wuː²² tyːn³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² tuan⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tuan⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/"
}
],
"word": "護短"
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"english": "Zhongni refused to borrow an umbrella from Zixia, for he wished to conceal Zixia's shortcoming (i.e. unwillingness to aid others) from the view of others.",
"ref": "From: c. 260, Ji Kang (嵇康), Letter to My Former Friend Shan Juyuan Severing All Bonds (《與山巨源絕交書》)",
"roman": "Zhòngní bù jiǎ gài yú Zǐxià, hù qí duǎn yě. [Pinyin]",
"text": "仲尼不假蓋於子夏，護其短也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n仲尼不假盖于子夏，护其短也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The so-called Daoists are so versed in lies and deception that learners may fall prey to them. Meanwhile they do everything to cover up their faults and conceal their stupidity.",
"ref": "From: c. 4th century, Ge Hong (葛洪), Baopuzi (《抱朴子》)",
"roman": "Zhū xūmíng zhī dàoshì, jì shàn wéi kuángzhà, yǐ qī xuézhě, yòu duō hùduǎn nìyú. [Pinyin]",
"text": "諸虛名之道士，既善為誑詐，以欺學者，又多護短匿愚。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]\n诸虚名之道士，既善为诳诈，以欺学者，又多护短匿愚。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]",
"type": "example"
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"to stick up for oneself or one's ally despite their shortcoming or wrongdoing; to avoid exposing one's own or someone's inadequacy"
],
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[
"stick up for",
"stick up for"
],
[
"oneself",
"oneself"
],
[
"ally",
"ally"
],
[
"shortcoming",
"shortcoming"
],
[
"wrongdoing",
"wrongdoing"
],
[
"avoid",
"avoid"
],
[
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"exposing"
],
[
"inadequacy",
"inadequacy"
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"(idiomatic) to stick up for oneself or one's ally despite their shortcoming or wrongdoing; to avoid exposing one's own or someone's inadequacy"
],
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"zh-pron": "hùduǎn"
},
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"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄏㄨˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ"
},
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"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "wu⁶ dyun²"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hō͘-toán"
},
{
"zh-pron": "hō͘-té"
},
{
"tags": [
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"Mandarin"
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"zh-pron": "hùduǎn"
},
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"zh-pron": "hùduǎn"
},
{
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"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "hu⁴-tuan³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "hù-dwǎn"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "huhdoan"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "худуань"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "xuduanʹ"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
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"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "wuh dyún"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "wu⁶ dyn²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
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"zh-pron": "wu⁶ dün²"
},
{
"ipa": "/wuː²² tyːn³⁵/",
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"zh-pron": "hō͘-toán"
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"zh-pron": "hōo-tuán"
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"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoxdoarn"
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{
"ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² tuan⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
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{
"ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tuan⁵³/",
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"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
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"tags": [
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"POJ"
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"zh-pron": "hō͘-té"
},
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"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
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"zh-pron": "hōo-té"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "hoxdea"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/",
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"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
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"zh-pron": "huH twanX"
},
{
"ipa": "/xu⁵¹ tu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
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"ipa": "/wuː²² tyːn³⁵/"
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{
"ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹⁻²² tuan⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ²²⁻²¹ tuan⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻¹¹ te⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/hɔ³³⁻²¹ te⁴¹/"
}
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"word": "護短"
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