掠長補短

See also: 掠长补短

Chinese

		plunder	long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop	to repair; to patch; to mend to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement	lack; short
trad. (掠長補短)		掠	長	補	短
simp. (掠长补短)		掠	长	补	短

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té / lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-tér

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-té
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h-tn̂g-póo-té
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaqd'ngpofdea
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³⁻³³ pɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ te⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lia(ʔ)⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴⁻¹¹ pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lia(ʔ)¹²¹⁻²¹ tŋ̍¹³⁻²² pɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ te⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍h-tn̂g-pó͘-tér
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍h-tn̂g-póo-tér
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lia(ʔ)²⁴⁻² tŋ̍²⁴⁻²² pɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tə⁵⁵⁴/

Idiom

掠長補短

1. (Hokkien) to learn from others' merits to offset one's weaknesses

Synonyms

• 取長補短／取长补短 (qǔchángbǔduǎn)