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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- 短程 short range
- 极短篇小说(極短篇小說) flash fiction
- 暂短(暫短) brief (in time)
- 短尾鸦雀(短尾鴉雀) short-tailed parrotbill (Neosuthora davidiana)
- 短兵接战(短兵接戰) short swords meet in battle; to engage in battle
- 短讯(短訊) SMS; text message
- 短小 short
- 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
- 锈腹短翅鸫(鏽腹短翅鶇) rusty-bellied shortwing (Brachypteryx hyperythra)
- 棕褐短翅莺(棕褐短翅鶯) brown bush warbler (Locustella luteoventris)
- 短时储存(短時儲存) short-term storage; store
- 短尾信天翁 short-tailed albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
- 护短(護短) to shield (one's shortcoming); to cover up (errors)
- 短命鬼 somone who dies prematurely
- 短尾矮袋鼠 quokka
- 短兵 a short weapon ; fighting at a short distance
- 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
- 高山短翅莺(高山短翅鶯) russet bush warbler (Locustella mandelli)
- 栗背短脚鹎(栗背短腳鵯) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
- 短传(短傳) short pass (in ball game)
- 短多 good prospects in the short term (finance)
- 短剧(短劇) a short act
- 蓝短翅鸫(藍短翅鶇) white-browed shortwing (Brachypteryx montana)
- 短靴 ankle boots
- 短空 poor prospects in the short term (finance)
- 短路 short circuit
- 东家长西家短(東家長西家短) to gossip
- 短褐不完 a short jacket and inadequate clothing; very poor
- 短篇小说(短篇小說) a short story
- 短跑 sprint (race)
- 长短(長短) length; duration ; accident ; right and wrong; good and bad; pros and cons ; anyhow ; to criticize ; a secret
- 寻短见(尋短見) to commit suicide
- 瑙蒙短尾鹛(瑙蒙短尾鶥) Naung Mung scimitar babbler (Jabouilleia naungmungensis)
- 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
- 短剑(短劍) dagger
- 家长里短(家長裡短) neighborhood gossip
- 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
- 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
- 栗耳短脚鹎(栗耳短腳鵯) brown-eared bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- 亚洲短趾百灵(亞洲短趾百靈) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
- 长吁短叹(長吁短嘆) long moan and short gasp; continually moaning and groaning in pain
- 短褐 a short jacket; poor clothes
- 短尾鹦鹉(短尾鸚鵡) vernal hanging parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
- 短裙 a short skirt ; a dhoti
- 短中抽长(短中抽長) to make the best of a bad job; to make the best use of limited resources
- 短打扮 shorts; tight-fitting clothes
- 短撇 short downwards left curved stroke
- 短片 a short video
- 人穷志短(人窮志短) poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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