截长补短

take from the long to supplement the short (idiom) / to offset each other's deficiencies / to complement each other

Characters and words in 截长补短

to cut off (a length) / to stop / to intercept / section / chunk / length

= 𢦏 + : The sparrow (隹) accidentally cut off (截) part of his wing. Joan of Arc (ji) helps him by sewing (𢦏) his wing back on in the elevator's kitchen (e2).
length / long / forever / always / constantly

= + + 丿 : Charlie Chaplin sped into the anglepod riding his longboard, but in the kitchen he doesn't know how to stop. He manages to make a u-turn by hooking him to the pole of a wind wheel with a sickle, but after the turn he can't help but bump into a giant banana.
chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

= + + 丿 : The chief (长) is asking James II of England (zh) for help, because his wind wheel (丆) in the anglepod's living room (丆) isn't performing very well. After finding out that there's too much friction, James II of England uses a sickle (乛) to cut open a banana (丿) and uses the pulp to grease the wind wheel and enhance (长) its performance.
to repair / to patch / to mend / to make up for / to fill (a vacancy) / to supplement

= + : Bruno Bear (bu) broke his voodoo staff (卜) inside of the space station (Ø3) and he has nothing available than a royal ermine coat (衤). His staff means much more to him than the coat though, so he rips the royal ermine coat into stripes to fix (补) the staff with the stripes used as bandages.
short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault

= + : Doggy Dog (du) is playing darts (矢) with some buddies inside of the anthill (an3). He ate a bunch of beans (豆) before, so every time he throws a dart (矢), he has to go to the bathroom for a short duration (短) to fart.

Words with 截长补短

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