取長補短

See also: 取长补短

Chinese

		to take; to get; to choose to take; to get; to choose; to fetch	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	lack; short
trad. (取長補短)		取	長	補	短
simp. (取长补短)		取	长	补	短

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qǔchángbǔduǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ceoi² coeng⁴ bou² dyun²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qǔchángbǔduǎn [Phonetic: qǔchángbúduǎn]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cheucharngbuudoan
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cyǔchángbǔduǎn
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy˨˩˦꜕꜖꜖ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ˧˥ pu˨˩˦꜔꜒ twän˨˩˦꜕꜖⁽꜕꜖꜓⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ceoi² coeng⁴ bou² dyun²
  - Yale: chéui chèuhng bóu dyún
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoey² tsoeng⁴ bou² dyn²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cêu² cêng⁴ bou² dün²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃʰɵy̯˧˥ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ˨˩ pou̯˧˥ tyːn˧˥/

Idiom

取長補短

to learn from others' merits to offset one's weaknesses
- 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。 [MSC, trad.]
  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。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1942, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《整頓黨的作風》 (Rectify the Party's Style of Work), 《毛澤東選集》 (Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung), English translation based on the Foreign Language Press edition
  Xīnlǎo gànbù yīnggāi shì bǐcǐ zūnzhòng, hùxiāng xuéxí, qǔchángbǔduǎn, yǐbiàn tuánjié yīzhì, jìnxíng gòngtóng de shìyè, ér fángzhǐ zōngpài zhǔyì de qīngxiàng. [Pinyin]
  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.

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 掠長補短／掠长补短 (lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té)

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.