cut off the long and compensate the short(cái cháng bǔ duǎn)

cut off the long and compensate the short

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C á ICH á NGB ǔ Du ǎ n, which means to absorb the strengths of others to make up for their own shortcomings. It comes from the poem of Liang Zhong Rong in the Southern Dynasty.

Idiom usage

It is not advisable to take advantage of one's strong points to make up for one's weak points.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: cut short, learn from each other

The origin of Idioms

The second volume of poetry by Liang Zhong Rong in the Southern Dynasty: "although the poetry of an Dao is tender and weak, it has the sentence of Qing Dynasty. What is yuan Yanbo's inferior position

Idiom explanation

It refers to absorbing other people's strengths to make up for one's own shortcomings.

Chinese PinYin : cái cháng bǔ duǎn