短 duǎn
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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') -
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') -
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) -
duǎn
verb
to criticize; to find deficient
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '短' v 2; Kroll 2015 '短' 2a) -
duǎn
noun
a fault; a shortcoming
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 缺点 (Guoyu '短' n) -
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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- 短促 short in time; fleeting; brief
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 暂短(暫短) brief (in time)
- 尺短寸长(尺短寸長) for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice
- 短工 temporary worker
- 短程线(短程線) a geodesic (curve); a shortest curve
- 斑胸短翅莺(斑胸短翅鶯) spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica)
- 短横(短橫) short horizontal stroke
- 短多 good prospects in the short term (finance)
- 栗背短翅鸫(栗背短翅鶇) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)
- 短褐 a short jacket; poor clothes
- 灰短脚鹎(灰短腳鵯) ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala)
- 绝长补短(絕長補短) take from the long to supplement the short; to offset deficiencies
- 短时间(短時間) short term; short time
- 栗耳短脚鹎(栗耳短腳鵯) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- 人穷志短(人窮志短) poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
- 短程 short range
- 白腹短翅鸲(白腹短翅鴝) white-bellied redstart (Luscinia phoenicuroides)
- 飞短流长(飛短流長) to spread malicious gossip
- 短腿猎犬(短腿獵犬) dachshund; basset hound
- 短趾雕(短趾鵰) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus)
- 形容词短语(形容詞短語) adjectival phrase
- 浅短(淺短) narrow and shallow (knowledge or skill); superficial
- 短板 short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); shortcoming; weak point
- 短褐不全 a short jacket and inadequate clothing; very poor
- 短兵 a short weapon ; fighting at a short distance
- 寻短见(尋短見) to commit suicide
- 蜚短流长(蜚短流長) to spread malicious gossip
- 短句 phrase
- 短缺 shortage
- 三长两短(三長兩短) unexpected misfortune
- 弄短 to shorten; shortening
- 短跑 sprint (race)
- 短袖 short sleeves; a short-sleeved shirt
- 短命鬼 somone who dies prematurely
- 短空 poor prospects in the short term (finance)
- 短期 short-term
- 短篇小说(短篇小說) a short story
- 短训班(短訓班) short training course
- 短嘴豆雁 tundra bean goose (Anser serrirostris)
- 短尾贼鸥(短尾賊鷗) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- 短嘴山椒鸟(短嘴山椒鳥) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
- 短长(短長) short or long ; good or evil; right or wrong ; a serious accident or death ; merit and drawbacks
- 扬长避短(揚長避短) to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses; to play to one's strengths
- 短讯(短訊) SMS; text message
- 大短趾百灵(大短趾百靈) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
- 短兵接战(短兵接戰) short swords meet in battle; to engage in battle
- 瑙蒙短尾鹛(瑙蒙短尾鶥) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Jabouilleia naungmungensis)
- 棕褐短翅莺(棕褐短翅鶯) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris)
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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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 脩短 (脩短) 此脩短之分也 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三 氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — 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