Japanese Word Entry

長所は短所
Kana:ちょうしょはたんしょ
Romaji:choushohatansho
Definition: if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness

Need more information?

Look up 長所は短所 on Jisho.org

Chinese characters used in this word

long, leader, superior, senior, length, excel in, Kangxi radical 168
Readings
Mandarin: ㄔㄤˊ (cháng), ㄓㄤˇ (zhǎng), ㄓㄤˋ (zhàng)
Cantonese: coeng4
Japanese: チョウ (chou) / なが.い (nagai)、 おさ (osa)、 たける (takeru)
Korean: 장 (jang)
Vietnamese: trường, trưởng, trướng
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

place, extent, location, numerary adjunct
Readings
Mandarin: ㄙㄨㄛˇ (suǒ)
Cantonese: so2
Japanese: ショ (sho)、 ソ (so) / ところ (tokoro)、 -ところ (-tokoro)、 どころ (dokoro)、 とこ (toko)
Korean: 소 (so)
Vietnamese: sở, sỡ

short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point, brief, deficient, lacking
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ (duǎn)
Cantonese: dyun2
Japanese: タン (tan) / みじか.い (mijikai)
Korean: 단 (dan)
Vietnamese: đoản