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/ 扬长避短
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) · to play to one's strengths
扬
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避
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yáng cháng bì duǎn
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(idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
避实就虚
bì shí jiù xū
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) · to use this in place of that · what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) · to offset each other's deficiencies · to complement each other
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
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crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can · to do things simply and thriftily · It's not pretty but it works.
因陋就简
yīn lòu jiù jiǎn
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