尺短寸长

abbr. for 尺有所短,寸有所長|尺有所短,寸有所长[chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2]

Characters and words in 尺短寸长

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]
a Chinese foot / one-third of a meter / a ruler / a tape-measure / one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine / CL:支[zhi1],把[ba3]

= + : Charlie Chaplin and a ghost found a big finger in the space station. They measure it using a tape-measure.
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault

= + : Doggy Dog (du) is playing darts (矢) with some buddies inside of the anthill (an3). He ate a bunch of beans (豆) before, so every time he throws a dart (矢), he has to go to the bathroom for a short duration (短) to fart.
a unit of length / inch / thumb

= + + : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".
length / long / forever / always / constantly

= + + 丿 : Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

= + + 丿 : The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.

Words with 尺短寸长

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Sentences with 尺短寸长

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