尺有所短，寸有所长

chǐ yǒu suǒ duǎn , cùn yǒu suǒ cháng

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释义

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

a unit of length

one of the characters used to represent a musical note in gongche notation, 工尺譜|工尺谱[gōng chě pǔ]

a Chinese foot

actually

what one is good at

head of an institute etc

to have; there is

somewhat

short

length

chief