尺短寸长

Traditional: 尺短寸長

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Dictionary entry

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]

What does 尺短寸长 mean?

尺短寸长 (chǐ duǎn cùn cháng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1abbr. 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]

Character breakdown

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尺chěone of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gong1 che3 pu3]短duǎnshort · brief 寸cùna unit of length · inch 长chánglong · (bound form) length

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