make up a deficiency by the surplus
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ju é ch á NGJ ì Du ǎ n, which means to intercept the long and supplement the short; it refers to using the strong to supplement the short. It comes from Mozi Feiming Shang.
Notes on Idioms
Absolutely: cut off.
The origin of Idioms
Mozi feimingshang: "in ancient times, the Tang was sealed in the hair, and it has a long history."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: complement each other
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, attributive and object. Tang Wu was king of a hundred Li, and Jie Zhou was king of a hundred Li. Although Chu is small today, it has a long way to go! New preface to mischief II by Liu Xiang of Han Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : jué cháng jì duǎn
make up a deficiency by the surplus
collapse at the first encounter. yī chù jí kuì
A cup to the bow and a tiger to the market. bēi gōng shì hǔ