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Meaning of

Pinyin duǎn
Radical
Strokes
12
Definition
lack / short
Usage
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短 [duǎn] 形 (Adjective) 1. Length small; opposite of "长 (cháng)": short period; short and temporary; short and urgent; short distance; short lifespan; short message; short and shallow; short troops engage. 2. Lacking; insufficient: short of; deficient. 3. Shortcoming: shortcoming; protective shortcoming; take the long to make up for the shortfall. 引 (Example) 1. 《说文》: 短,有所长短,以矢为正. "According to it, short means not long." 2. 《吕氏春秋·长见》: "It is about long sight and short sight." 3. 《荀子·非相》: "Emperor Yao is long; Emperor Shun is short..." 4. 《战国策·赵策》: "The old minister thought the plan of Madam was short." 例 (Example) 1. 如: short employment; short-distance mule; short section (segmental short journey); short note (loan proof); short strap (short rope, metaphor for shallow knowledge); short dream (temporary dream). 动 (Verb) 1. Extended meaning of being insufficient, lacking: short of; insufficient. 2. To point out shortcomings, expose faults. 3. To shorten. 4. To intercept; roadblock. 引 (Example) 1. 《清·徐珂《清稗类钞·战事类》: "Westerners have long firearms but short techniques." 2. 如: not short on cash expenses; short in conduct; short, insufficient; shortfall; short on food and clothing. 名 (Noun) 1. Shortcoming; fault. 2. Surname. 引 (Example) 1. 《明·李渔《闲情偶寄·种植部》: "Combining the strengths of all flowers while removing their shortcomings." 2. 如: shortcoming; bad idea; comment on someone's faults; expose faults; take the long to compensate for the shortfall.
cháng xū duǎn tàn
long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
zì xún duǎn jiàn
commit suicide / seek one's own destruction
duǎn jiàn
dagger
jiǎn duǎn
cut / clip / dock
duǎn dāo
short sword / tanto / dagger / coutel / snickersnee / whinger / cutlass
duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
(of a person) short but plucky (idiom) / (of an article) concise and forceful
jiē duǎn
rake up sb.'s faults / catch sb. on the raw / find out sb.'s shortcomings
duǎn zàn
of short duration / brief / momentary
duǎn qī
short term / short-term
duǎn bǐng
short handle
duǎn bàng
stub
duǎn cù
short in time / fleeting / brief / gasping (breath) / curt (tone of voice)
duǎn xìn
text message / SMS
duǎn qiǎn
narrow and shallow
duǎn wěi hóu
stump-tailed macaque / stump-tailed monkey
duǎn duǎn de
short / very brief
duǎn duǎn
short
suō duǎn
to curtail / to cut down
cháng duǎn
length / duration / accident / right and wrong / good and bad / long and short
duǎn piān xiǎo shuō
short story
duǎn quē
shortage
jiǎn duǎn
brief (statement, summary etc) / briefly / brevity
线 duǎn xiàn
short term
duǎn xiǎo
short / small / short and small
duǎn mìng
to die young / short-lived
duǎn wén
essay / tractate
duǎn piān
opuscule / short story
duǎn kù
short pants / shorts
duǎn chéng
short range
duǎn dí
piccolo
duǎn shān
blouse / short gown
duǎn xiù shān
printed stretch short shirt / short-sleeved shirt
duǎn xiù
short sleeves / short-sleeved shirt
duǎn wà
sock
chāo duǎn qún
miniskirt
duǎn qún
kilt / philabeg / fillibeg
duǎn pǎo
sprint (race)
duǎn jù lí
short distance / a stone's throw away
duǎn tú
short distance
yáng cháng bì duǎn
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths

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