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截长补短绝长补短；绝长续短jié cháng bǔ duǎntake(/cut off) from the long to add to the short; draw on the strenght of each to offset the weakness of the other
❍ 然漶漫不可收拾，乃同友人细加厘剔，～，钞成全部，复为镌板以公同好。(鲁迅《中国小说史略》203) Since the manuscript was in very poor condition,a friend and I made careful emendations,cutting out what was repetitious and filling in gaps before having the whole recopied
❍ 今滕绝长补短，将五十里也，犹可以为善国. (《孟子·滕文公上》) Now,Teng taking its length with its breadth,will amount,I suppose,to fifty li. It is small,but still sufficient to make a good kingdom. 截长补短jie chang bu duantake from the long to add to the short 截长补短截（绝）jié chánɡ bǔ duǎn把长的部分切下来，补接在短的部分上。 比喻取长补短，弥补不足。take from the long to add to the short, make up a deficiency by a surplus, make up for each other’s deficiencies |