Every inch has its strength(chǐ yóu suǒ duǎn，cùn yóu suǒ chánɡ)

Every inch has its strength

Chinese idioms refer to people or things with their own advantages and disadvantages. It comes from Bu Ju written by Qu Yuan of Chu in the Warring States period.

essential information

Entry: a short ruler, a strong inch. Pinyin: Ch ǐ y ǒ usu ǒ Du ǎ n, C ù NY ǒ usu ǒ ch á n ɡ. It means that each person has his own advantages and disadvantages, and each has his own merits. No one is full of advantages and no one is full of disadvantages. source: Chu Yuan's "Bu Ju" in the Warring States Period: "a man's feet are short, every inch is strong, and everything is insufficient. Wisdom is not clear, number is not caught, God is not example: but the ancients said, "a ruler has a short point, an inch has a strong point." As long as we are loyal to help Chuang Wang, there will always be something useful. (Yao xueyin, Li Zicheng, Vol.2, Chapter 48)

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original text

Gan Wu sent envoys to Qi to cross the river. The boatman said, "you can't cross the river by yourself. Can you be the king?" Gan Wu said: "otherwise. You don't know. Each thing has its own merits and demerits. I'd like to be honest and generous, but I don't want to use any soldiers to deal with it. Qiji and Zhuo, with their feet reaching thousands of miles, set up their palaces to catch mice. They used to be inferior to beavers. Generals are famous all over the world for their profits. Craftsmen are better than jinaxes for their management of wood. Today, I am not as good as Zi when I hold the boat up and down, and I am not as good as Wu when I say that the king of Qiancheng is the master of Wancheng. " (from Buju)

translation

Gan Wu was sent to Qi to cross a big river. The boatman said, "the river is a small gap. You can't cross it yourself. Can you go to the monarch to lobby?" Gan Wu replied, "no, you don't understand. Every thing has its own advantages. The kind of prudent and honest, sincere and kind courtiers can let them serve the monarch, but they can't ask them to lead the soldiers to fight. The good horses like Qi Ji can travel thousands of miles a day. If they are put into the house and let them catch mice, they can't catch up with a little wild cat. The generals can be regarded as sharp swords, which are famous all over the world, but the carpenters can't do carpentry with them as well as an ordinary one I'm not as good as you. But you are not as good as me in persuading the monarchs of small and big countries. "

interpretation

Although the ruler is longer than the inch, it also has its disadvantages; although the inch is shorter than the ruler, it also has its advantages. Everyone has his own advantages and disadvantages. We should be good at taking advantage of others and making up for ourselves. part of speech: commendatory words related story: a lamb and a tall camel met, just as the camel was hungry. So it looked up and ate the leaves of the tree, and had a good time. The lamb was also very envious when he saw that the tree was too high to jump. At this time, the lamb and the camel found a lot of fresh and tender grass in a wooden fence at the same time. The camel was very embarrassed because it was too tall to go in to eat grass, but it could not eat this piece of grass. This time, the lamb went into the wooden fence with a smile and ate enough, leaving the camel staring outside the wooden fence. this story has been handed down for hundreds of years, but it has not disappeared because it tells people a truth: no one will be perfect, no one has his own shortcomings, and also has his own strengths. Whenever we meet others, we should find and learn from their strengths, instead of finding others' shortcomings and laughing and satirizing.

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Chinese PinYin : chǐ yóu suǒ duǎn，cùn yóu suǒ chánɡ