汉英词典
MEANING OF 取长补短
取长补短
(取長補短)
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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或者你也可以说，我们取长补短。 Or you could say, we have the long and the short of it. | ||
球队需要能够相互取长补短的队员。 The team needs players who complement each other. | ||
所以我希望他俩能命相帮助，取长补短。 Therefore, I hope they could help each other and learn from each other. | ||
作为中国人，从西方面子观中取长补短、求同存异是十分必要的。 As a Chinese, it is necessary to seek common points and use the advantages of the western countries in face perception. | ||
人类必须互相学习，取长补短，才能不断前进，而人类进步的最终目标必然是某一种形式的大同之域。 Only by learning from each other's strong points to make up for shortcomings can people constantly progress, the ultimate target of which is to achieve a kind of Great Harmony. | ||
