[qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn, ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ, 取长补短 / 取長補短] lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (成语 saw from Mencius); to use this in place of that; what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts #29,692[Add to Longdo]
(取) to take; to get; to choose; to fetch [CE-DICT]
(娶) take a wife; to marry (a woman) [CE-DICT]
(曲) tune; song [CE-DICT]
(龋) decayed teeth; dental caries [CE-DICT]
(齲) decayed teeth; dental caries [CE-DICT]
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(偿) to compensate; pay back; to recompense [CE-DICT]
(尝) to taste; flavor; (past tense marker); already; formerly; already; ever; once; test [CE-DICT]
(尝) to taste [CE-DICT]
(场) threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings; classifier for number of some languages and actions (cannot be followed by a noun) [CE-DICT]
(塲) variant of 場|场, threshing floor [CE-DICT]
(嫦) a legendary beauty who flew to the moon; the lady in the moon [CE-DICT]
(償) to compensate; pay back; to recompense [CE-DICT]
(嘗) to taste; flavor; (past tense marker); already; formerly; already; ever; once; test [CE-DICT]
(嚐) to taste [CE-DICT]
(場) threshing floor; classifier for events and happenings; classifier for number of some languages and actions (cannot be followed by a noun) [CE-DICT]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย