What do you mean short and long?

Short: insufficient; L: More than enough. To make a metaphor, everyone has his own advantages and disadvantages, each with its own merits. No one is full of advantages and no one is full of disadvantages.

From Qu Yuan's Buju in the Chu Ci of the Warring States Period: "The feet are short, the inches are strong, and the materials are insufficient. If you don't know your wisdom, you can't catch it, and God is unreasonable. "

Vernacular: "The ruler is short, the inch is long, and everything is short." . Wisdom has questions that it can't understand, and divination also has questions that it can't answer. Immortals sometimes have things that they don't know. "

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I. Relevant allusions

Ganwu went to Qi State and crossed a big river. The boatman said, "This river is a small gap. You can't get through it yourself. Can you still lobby the monarch? " Gan Wu replied, "No, you don't understand. Everything has its own merits.

Cautious, honest and kind courtiers can let them serve the monarch, but they can't be asked to lead troops to fight; A good horse like Hao can walk thousands of miles a day. If you put them in the house and let them catch mice, they can't catch up with a little wild cat.

A good general can be regarded as a sword, which is famous all over the world, but carpenters can't compare with an ordinary axe when they use it for woodworking. Now, rowing with paddles and letting the boat go with the flow, I am not as good as you; However, you are not as good as me in lobbying the monarchs of small countries and big countries. "

Second, related idioms

Sometimes a foot may prove short and an inch may prove long-everyone has his strengths and weaknesses.

Description: short dimension and long dimension. Metaphor people or things have their own advantages and disadvantages.

Grammar: combination; As predicate and attribute; Metaphors have their own strengths.

Source: Shi "Consul General Dingzhou arrived in Xie": "Yanbei once said that beautiful men are hard to find, and people are short in length, but now they are awarded because of lack of people."

Vernacular: "Yanbei, formerly known as" Conspiracy Leads Difficulties ",is one inch shorter than the foot, and it is awarded today because of the lack of people."

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