掠長補短

See also: 掠长补短

Chinese
plunder
 
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
 lack; short
trad. (掠長補短) 掠 長 補 短
simp. (掠长补短) 掠 长 补 短

Pronunciation
  • Min Nan
    • (Hokkien)
      • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té
      • Tâi-lô: lia̍h-tn̂g-póo-té
      • Phofsit Daibuun: liaqd'ngpofdea
      • IPA (Xiamen): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/
      • IPA (Quanzhou): /lia(ʔ)²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ te⁵⁵⁴/
      • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/
      • IPA (Taipei): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/
      • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹/

Idiom

掠長補短

  1. (Hokkien) to learn from others' merits to offset one's weaknesses

Synonyms
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