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
• 短袜(短襪) sock
• 短句 phrase
• 白喉短翅鸫(白喉短翅鶇) lesser shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris)
• 短折 to die prematurely
• 蓝短翅鸫(藍短翅鶇) white-browed shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)
• 短程 short range
• 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
• 短嘴山椒鸟(短嘴山椒鳥) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
• 较短絜长(較短絜長) to compare long and short; to compare the pros and cons
• 东家长西家短(東家長西家短) to gossip
• 大短趾百灵(大短趾百靈) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
• 短褐不全 a short jacket and inadequate clothing; very poor
• 短靴 ankle boots
• 栗耳短脚鹎(栗耳短腳鵯) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
• 蓝腰短尾鹦鹉(藍腰短尾鸚鵡) blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
• 短板 short stave of the barrel (which allows the contents to escape); shortcoming; weak point
• 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
• 短兵接 our short swords meet
• 短线(短線) short term
• 目光短浅(目光短淺) to be shortsighted
• 短耳鸮(短耳鴞) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)
• 棕褐短翅莺(棕褐短翅鶯) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris)
• 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
• 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
• 超短波 ultra short wave (radio); UHF
• 短语(短語) phrase
• 短撇 short downwards left curved stroke
• 短债(短債) short-term loan
• 短处(短處) shortcoming; defect; fault
• 短兵接战(短兵接戰) short swords meet in battle; to engage in battle
• 短时语音记忆(短時語音記憶) short-term phonological memory
• 短小精悍 small but robust; concise and forceful
• 短指 brachydactylism
• 飞短流长(飛短流長) to spread malicious gossip
• 短简(短簡) brief
• 短少 to be short of the full amount
• 短多 good prospects in the short term (finance)
• 短尾贼鸥(短尾賊鷗) parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
• 短期融资(短期融資) short-term financing
• 长吁短叹(長吁短嘆) long moan and short gasp; continually moaning and groaning in pain
• 短横(短橫) short horizontal stroke
• 短腿猎犬(短腿獵犬) dachshund; basset hound
• 短至 the winter solstice
• 残年短景(殘年短景) at the end of the year
• 黑短脚鹎(黑短腳鵯) black bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus)
• 寻短见(尋短見) to commit suicide
• 短波 shortwave (radio)
• 短浅(短淺) narrow and shallow
• 短训班(短訓班) short training course

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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
• 卷七十四　列傳第六十二:　劉昉 柳裘 皇甫績 郭衍 張衡 楊汪 裴蘊 袁充 李雄 Volume 74 Biographies 62: Liu Fang, Liu Qiu, Huang Fuji, Guo Yan, Zhang Heng, Yang Wang, Pei Yun, Yuan Chong, Li Xiong History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — 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
• 补短 (補短) 斷長補短 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — 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
• 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
• 续短 (續短) 續短以為長 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 2
• 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