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 |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 長 | 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: | 长 |
| 所 | 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 |
| 短 | 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 |