get long out of short -- to make the best of a bad job(duǎn zhōng qǔ cháng)

get long out of short -- to make the best of a bad job

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du ǎ nzh ō ngq ǔ ch á ng, which means to choose the better one in general. It comes from Yu Qian, Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used to choose

The origin of Idioms

Yu Qian of the Ming Dynasty wrote in his book "preparing for the border and protecting the people": "being stupid is not enough to count the border affairs, but to beg for the saints.". Learn from the short

Idiom explanation

It refers to choosing the better one from the general ones.

Chinese PinYin : duǎn zhōng qǔ cháng