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Meaning of 採長補短(さいちょうほたん) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 採長補短

Kana Reading さいちょうほたん

Romaji saichōhotan

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

Meaning

compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points

Related Kanji

短 JLPT 4

12 strokes

short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point

On'Yomi: タン

Kun'Yomi: みじか.い

採 JLPT 2

11 strokes

pick, take, fetch, take up

On'Yomi: サイ

Kun'Yomi: と.る

補 JLPT 2

12 strokes

supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner

On'Yomi: ホ

Kun'Yomi: おぎな.う

長 JLPT 5

8 strokes

long, leader

On'Yomi: チョウ

Kun'Yomi: なが.い, おさ