汉英词典
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MEANING OF 取長補短
取長補短 (取长补短)
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
Learn the strengths of others to make up for your own shortcomings / It also generally refers to absorbing the strengths of this from similar things to make up for the weaknesses of that
吸取长处来弥补短处。语本《孟子.滕文公上》"今滕絶长补短,将五十里也,犹可以为善国。"
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