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

• 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
• 短尾鹪鹛(短尾鷦鶥) streaked wren-babbler (Napothera brevicaudata)
• 短债(短債) short-term loan
• 短板 short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); shortcoming; weak point
• 短程 short range
• 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
• 争长论短(爭長論短) to argue about long and short; to debate about anything
• 短时储存(短時儲存) short-term storage; store
• 揭短 to point out someone's faults
• 短横(短橫) short horizontal stroke
• 亚洲短趾百灵(亞洲短趾百靈) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
• 短尾鹩鹛(短尾鷯鶥) rufous-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis caudatus)
• 东家长西家短(東家長西家短) to gossip
• 目光短浅(目光短淺) to be shortsighted
• 简短(簡短) brief; concise
• 超短波 ultra short wave (radio); UHF
• 灰短脚鹎(灰短腳鵯) ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
• 短靴 ankle boots
• 弄短 to shorten; shortening
• 瑙蒙短尾鹛(瑙蒙短尾鶥) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Jabouilleia naungmungensis)
• 短指 brachydactylism
• 大短趾百灵(大短趾百靈) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
• 短暂(短暫) transient; short
• 短小 short
• 短趾雕(短趾鵰) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
• 长痛不如短痛(長痛不如短痛) better to just get the pain over with, rather than prolong the agony
• 争长竞短(爭長競短) to argue about long and short; to debate about anything
• 截长补短(截長補短) take from the long to supplement the short; to offset deficiencies
• 短褐不全 a short jacket and inadequate clothing; very poor
• 短命鬼 somone who dies prematurely
• 蓝短翅鸫(藍短翅鶇) white-browed shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)
• 短缺 shortage
• 发短信(發短信) to text; to send SMS messages
• 巨嘴短翅莺(巨嘴短翅鶯) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major)
• 短裤(短褲) short pants; shorts
• 形容词短语(形容詞短語) adjectival phrase
• 短期融资(短期融資) short-term financing
• 短剑(短劍) dagger
• 见短(見短) having only superficial knowledge ; to be treated lightly
• 短促 short in time; fleeting; brief
• 短命 a short life; to die early ; to curse someone; damn you!
• 白喉短翅鸫(白喉短翅鶇) lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris)
• 短衣 short garment; short jacket
• 短少 to be short of the full amount
• 昼短夜长(晝短夜長) the winter days are short and the nights long
• 长话短说(長話短說) to make a long story short
• 棕褐短翅莺(棕褐短翅鶯) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris)
• 短视(短視) to lack foresight

Also contained in

台湾短翅莺 、 主谓短语 、 长短句

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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69　列傳第34 王劭 袁充 Volume 69 Biographies 34: Wang Shao, Yuan Chong Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 8
• 卷五十二　志第四:　　曆一 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Calendar 1 History of Yuan 元史 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 短卫 (短衛) 短卫 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 既夕禮 第十三 13. (Mourning procedures of) the evening preceding burial — count: 2
• 目短 (目短) 出目短耳 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 2