cut off from the long to add to the short

cut off from the long to add to the short

In Chinese idioms, Pinyin is p ó UDU ō y ì Gu ǎ. Benefit: increase. It means to take the redundant one and add it to the deficient one. It means to accept other people's opinions and make up for one's own shortcomings. From Yi Qian.

Idiom explanation

To reduce; to supplement.

The origin of Idioms

"Zhou Yiqian:" a gentleman with more to benefit less, said the thing flat Shi

Idiom usage

The serial verb is used as predicate and contains praise. In Wenzi Shangde: "the way of heaven, the more, the less; the way of earth, the less." In Fan Zheng's collection of official documents, ode to heaven and justice (Fan Zhongyan of Song Dynasty), it is said that "it is a gentleman who governs according to the law, and he is called the heart of giving things to others; the sage's image is to nourish the people, and the way of doing more and less." "The romance of the Three Kingdoms" (106 chapters): "I hope that the more you are, the less you are, the less you are. Don't walk on the ceremony."