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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.brief (of space/time); short (in distance/length/duration)
我不喜欢这个短大衣。
I dislike the short overcoat.
我们开个短会吧。
Let's have a brief meeting.
在短时间内，我不能完成任务。
I cannot fnish the task in a short time.
antonym
- 2
v.lack; owe; want; be in need of; be deficient
他短我一笔钱。
He owed me some money.
这件事他理短。
He was in the wrong on this matter.
你还短些什么？
What do you want?
- 3
n.weak point; fault; shortcoming; deficiency
护短
shield a shortcoming or fault
揭短
expose someone's faults
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- 4
adj.shallow
短浅
short knowledge
Words and phrases with 短
- 短枪[word]side arm
- 短文[word]short article
- 短缺[word]be short of
- 短轴[word]minor axis
- 短期贷款[word]short-term loan
- 短缩[word]abbreviation
- 短款[word]short-style; cash less than that is registered in the accounts
- 短命[word]be short-lived
- 短语[word]phrase
- 短中取长[idiom]get long out of short
- 短小精悍[idiom]not of imposing stature but strong and capable; concise and succinct
- 短斤缺两[idiom]give short weight/measure
- 短垣自逾[idiom]leap over the short wall by oneself
- 短兵相接[idiom]engage in hand-to-hand fight