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liaqtngg poftea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] [[...]] 

make up for defects by counterbalancing points of superior excellence; supply the short for the long; to rob peter to pay Paul

以長補短

🗣 liaqtngg-poftea 🗣 (u: liah'tngg-por'tea) 掠長補短 [wt][mo] lia̍h-tn̂g-póo-té [#]

1. (Exp) || 取長補短、截長補短。取有餘以補不足。

🗣le: (u: U ee mih'kvia hør thaxn, u ee boat'thaxn, liah'tngg'por'tea sefng'lie iao e'zøx`tid.) 🗣 (有的物件好趁，有的末趁，掠長補短生理猶會做得。) (有的東西好賺，有的利潤很低，截長補短生意尚可維持。)
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liaqtngg poftea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liah'tngg por'tea [[...]][i#] [p.]

make up for defects by counterbalancing points of superior excellence, supply the short for the long, to rob peter to pay Paul

以長補短

tøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tea; (toarn) [[...]][i#] [p.]

short, be deficient, to want, shortcomings, faults, mistakes

短

• liaqtngg poftea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: liah'tngg por'tea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  make a surplus, compensate for a deficiency
  以長補短

• tngtøea [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: tngg'tea [[...]][i#] [p.]
  long and short, good points and defects, shortcomings, defects
  長短

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