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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.
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