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)

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• 形容词短语(形容詞短語) adjectival phrase
• 短空 poor prospects in the short term (finance)
• 栗耳短脚鹎(栗耳短腳鵯) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
• 短时间(短時間) short term; short time
• 短嘴豆雁 tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
• 短尾鹦鹉(短尾鸚鵡) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
• 争长论短(爭長論短) to argue about long and short; to debate about anything
• 眼光短 short-sighted
• 取长补短(取長補短) to use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points
• 短剑(短劍) dagger
• 短尾鹪鹛(短尾鷦鶥) streaked wren-babbler (Napothera brevicaudata)
• 短视(短視) to lack foresight
• 短衣 short garment; short jacket
• 短打扮 shorts; tight-fitting clothes
• 飞短流长(飛短流長) to spread malicious gossip
• 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
• 斑胸短翅莺(斑胸短翅鶯) spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica)
• 短线(短線) short term
• 争长竞短(爭長競短) to argue about long and short; to debate about anything
• 长枪短炮(長槍短炮) camera (jocular)
• 五短身材 (of a person) short in stature
• 短篇小说(短篇小說) a short story
• 人穷志短(人窮志短) poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
• 瑙蒙短尾鹛(瑙蒙短尾鶥) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Jabouilleia naungmungensis)
• 短裤(短褲) short pants; shorts
• 短尾矮袋鼠 quokka
• 短靴 ankle boots
• 短简(短簡) brief
• 短跑 sprint (race)
• 短撇 short downwards left curved stroke
• 锈腹短翅鸫(鏽腹短翅鶇) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
• 东家长西家短(東家長西家短) to gossip
• 垂直和短距起落飞机(垂直和短距起落飛機) vertical or short takeoff and landing aircraft
• 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短(吃人家的嘴軟，拿人家的手短) the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach
• 人生短暂，学术无涯(人生短暫，學術無涯) Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis
• 暂短(暫短) brief (in time)
• 短距起落飞机(短距起落飛機) short takeoff and landing aircraft
• 三长两短(三長兩短) unexpected misfortune
• 中短债(中短債) short- or medium-term loan
• 细嘴短趾百灵(細嘴短趾百靈) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
• 短至 the winter solstice
• 缩短(縮短) to curtail; to cut down
• 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
• 短兵接 our short swords meet
• 短褐不全 a short jacket and inadequate clothing; very poor
• 短粗 stocky (short and robust)
• 短折 to die prematurely
• 短袜(短襪) sock
• 短工 temporary worker
• 短剧(短劇) a short act

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• 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 律志序 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Lu Treatises Preface Book of Song 宋書 — count: 9
• 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — 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
• 卷七　秦五 Chapter 7: Qin V Stratagems of the Warring States 戰國策 — 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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