Abandon the short and grow the long

Abandon the short and grow the long

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ì Du ǎ NJI ù ch á ng, which means to give up shortcomings and adopt strengths. It comes from Shigong, on the hidden man.

The origin of Idioms

According to Wang Fu's Qian Fu Lun Shi Gong of the Han Dynasty, "the wise man discards the short and takes the long, which leads to his success."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: discard the short and take the long, discard the short and use the long

Idiom usage

Therefore, the ruler of Mingde is far away and deep, abandoning the short to the long, and not changing his politics. Criminal law records of Jin Dynasty