短 duǎn

1. duǎn adjective short
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In distance (Guoyu '短' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '短' 1; NCCED '短' 1; Unihan '短')
2. duǎn adjective deficient; lacking
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 缺少 (Guoyu '短' v 1; Kroll 2015 '短' 2; NCCED '短' 3; Unihan '短')
3. duǎn adjective brief
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Short in time (Guoyu '短' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '短' 1; NCCED '短' 2)
4. duǎn verb to criticize; to find deficient
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '短' v 2; Kroll 2015 '短' 2a)
5. duǎn noun a fault; a shortcoming
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 缺点 (Guoyu '短' n)
6. duǎn verb to rob; to steal from
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 抢劫 (Guoyu '短' v 3)

Contained in

• 短工 temporary worker
• 短命 a short life; to die early ; to curse someone; damn you!
• 短欠 to fall short in one's payments; to lack; to be short of
• 张家长，李家短(張家長，李家短) the Zhangs are better off than the Lis; to gossip about the neighbors
• 短歌 ballad
• 栗背短脚鹎(栗背短腳鵯) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
• 短波 shortwave (radio)
• 短少 to be short of the full amount
• 短传(短傳) short pass (in ball game)
• 短见(短見) short-sighted; suicide
• 长话短说(長話短說) to make a long story short
• 短债(短債) short-term loan
• 短剑(短劍) dagger
• 短尾鸦雀(短尾鴉雀) short-tailed parrotbill (Neosuthora davidiana)
• 短袜(短襪) sock
• 短衣 short garment; short jacket
• 短视(短視) to lack foresight
• 锈腹短翅鸫(鏽腹短翅鶇) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
• 短兵接 our short swords meet
• 亚洲短趾百灵(亞洲短趾百靈) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
• 短路 short circuit
• 短褐不完 a short jacket and inadequate clothing; very poor
• 性短讯(性短訊) sexting; sexually explicit text message
• 白腹短翅鸲(白腹短翅鴝) white-bellied redstart (Luscinia phoenicuroides)
• 蓝短翅鸫(藍短翅鶇) white-browed shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)
• 简短介绍(簡短介紹) brief introduction
• 超短裙 miniskirt
• 短粗 stocky (short and robust)
• 短指 brachydactylism
• 短小精悍 small but robust; concise and forceful
• 短篇小说(短篇小說) a short story
• 灰眼短脚鹎(灰眼短腳鵯) grey-eyed bulbul (Iole propinqua)
• 短长(短長) short or long ; good or evil; right or wrong ; a serious accident or death ; merit and drawbacks
• 短尾贼鸥(短尾賊鷗) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
• 短时语音记忆(短時語音記憶) short-term phonological memory
• 短多 good prospects in the short term (finance)
• 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
• 揭短 to point out someone's faults
• 短板 short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); shortcoming; weak point
• 飞短流长(飛短流長) to spread malicious gossip
• 短讯(短訊) SMS; text message
• 短空 poor prospects in the short term (finance)
• 短裤(短褲) short pants; shorts
• 尺有所短，寸有所长(尺有所短，寸有所長) for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice; everyone has their strong and weak points
• 短距离(短距離) short distance; a stone's throw away
• 短趾雕(短趾鵰) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
• 论长道短(論長道短) to discuss somebody's merit and demerit; to gossip
• 短时储存(短時儲存) short-term storage; store
• 短折 to die prematurely
• 短训班(短訓班) short training course

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短尾鹦鹉

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Truncated for common words

• 卷19　志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 15
• 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 14
• 卷一百三十九 列傳第八十九: 陸贄 Volume 139 Biographies 89: Lu Zhi Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 13
• 卷一百五十七　　列傳第八十二 陸贄 Volume 157 Biographies 82: Lu Zhi New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 12
• 卷十六 志第六 律曆上 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rhythm and the Calendar Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 11
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 10
• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 9
• 卷十一 志第一 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
• 卷二十三 志第十三 天文一 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Astronomy 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 8
• 卷五十四 Scroll 54 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8

Collocations

• 短胁 (短脅) 短胁 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 特牲馈食礼 第十五 15. Rites of the single victim food offering — count: 9
• 其所短 (其所短) 不任其所短 — Guanzi 管子, 形勢解第六十四 Chapter 64: Resolving a Situation — count: 7
• 修短 (修短) 才有所修短也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷九　主術訓 Chapter 9: The Sovereign's Methods — count: 5
• 欲短 (欲短) 故攻國之兵欲短 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 4
• 补短 (補短) 斷長補短 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 4
• 日短 (日短) 日短 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 堯典 Yu Shu - Canon of Yao — count: 4
• 大修短 (大修短) 小大修短 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷一　原道訓 Chapter 1: The Original Way — count: 4
• 短绠 (短綆) 短綆不可以汲深 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七　說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 3
• 景短 (景短) 景短大 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十 經說下 Book 10 - Exposition of Canon II — count: 2
• 发短 (髮短) 彼其髮短而心甚長 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2