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 | 短长 | | duăn-cháng | 名 | | | 1 strong and weak points; good points and shortcomings: | | | 识其短长而量才使用 know his strengths and weaknesses and give him work suited to his abilities |
| 2 good and bad; right and wrong: | | | 不争一日之短长 not seek a temporary superiority | | | 议论别人的短长 gossip about people |
| 3 accident; mishap: | | | 妈如有个短长,速来电话。 If anything should happen to Mother, phone me at once. |
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