尺有所短，寸有所长

chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ cháng

คำจำกัดความ

1. lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb)
2. fig. everyone has their strong and weak points
3. everything has its advantages and disadvantages

คำย่อยของ 尺有所短，寸有所长

• 寸 cùn: a unit of length
• 尺 chě: one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]
• 尺 chǐ: a Chinese foot
• 所 suǒ: actually
• 所长 suǒ cháng: what one is good at
• 所长 suǒ zhǎng: head of an institute etc
• 有 yǒu: to have; there is
• 有所 yǒu suǒ: somewhat
• 短 duǎn: short
• 长 cháng: length
• 长 zhǎng: chief