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duǎnshǎo to be short of the full amount

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        duǎn, short/brief/to lack/weak point/fault
        duǎnzàn, [短暫], of short duration/brief/momentary
        duǎnkù, [短褲], short pants/shorts
        jiǎnduǎn, [簡短], brief (statement, summary etc)/briefly/brevity
        chánghuàduǎnshuō, [長話短說], to make a long story short (idiom)
        duǎnqī, short term/short-term
        duǎnpiàn, short film/video clip
        duǎnlù, short circuit
        
        suōduǎn, [縮短], to curtail/to cut down
        
        
        duǎnquē, shortage
        
        
        sānchángliǎngduǎn, [三長兩短], unexpected misfortune/unexpected accident/sudden death
        duǎnyǔ, [短語], phrase (grammar)
        
        duǎnmìng, to die young/short-lived
        duǎnpiānxiǎoshuō, [短篇小說], short story
        duǎnxiù, short sleeves/short-sleeved shirt
        
        duǎnbō, shortwave (radio)
        
        mùguāngduǎnqiǎn, [目光短淺], to be shortsighted
        duǎnwà, [短襪], sock
        duǎnchéng, short range
        duǎncù, short in time/fleeting/brief/gasping (breath)/curt (tone of voice)
        
        duǎnpǎo, sprint (race)
        duǎnjùlí, [短距離], short distance/a stone's throw away
        
        duǎnjiàn, [短劍], dagger
        duǎnchù, [短處], shortcoming/defect/fault/one's weak points
        
        chángduǎn, [長短], length/duration/accident/right and wrong/good and bad/long and short
        
        
        chāoduǎnqún, miniskirt
        duǎnxùn, [短訊], SMS/text message
        duǎnshì, [短視], to lack foresight
        hùduǎn, [護短], to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is...
        duǎnbīngxiāngjiē, lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infa...
        chāoduǎnbō, ultra short wave (radio)/UHF
        duǎnxiǎojīnghàn, (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)/(of an article) concise and forceful
        duǎnqiǎn, [短淺], narrow and shallow
        xúnduǎnjiàn, [尋短見], to commit suicide
        qǔchángbǔduǎn, [取長補短], lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)...
        
        duǎngōng, temporary job/odd job/seasonal worker
        
        duǎnyī, short garment/short jacket
        
        yángchángbìduǎn, [揚長避短], to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)/to play to one's strengths
        
        
        duǎncū, stocky (short and robust)
        
        
        
        duǎnjù, clause
        chángxūduǎntàn, [長吁短嘆], long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
        
        
        shuōchángdàoduǎn, [說長道短], lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
        
        duǎnjiàn, [短見], short-sighted/suicide
        
        

        duōshǎo/duōshao, number/amount/somewhat, how much?/how many?/(phone number, student ID etc) what ...
        zhìshǎo, at least/(to say the) least
        shǎo/shào, few/less/to lack/to be missing/to stop (doing sth)/seldom, young
        bùshǎo, many/a lot/not few
        shàoxiào, junior ranking officer in Chinese army/major/lieutenant commander
        jiǎnshǎo, [減少], to lessen/to decrease/to reduce/to lower
        shàonǚ, girl/young lady
        qīngshàonián, adolescent/youth/teenager
        shàonián, early youth/youngster/(literary) youth/young man
        quēshǎo, lack/shortage of/shortfall/to be short (of)/to lack
        shǎoshù, [少數], small number/few/minority
        shǎojiàn, [少見], rare/not familiar (to the speaker)/sth rarely experience/hard to see
        shàoye, [少爺], son of the boss/young master of the house/your son (honorific)
        shǎoliàng, a smidgen/a little bit/a few
        shàowèi, second lieutenant (army rank)
        
        huòduōhuòshǎo, more or less
        shǎoxǔ, [少許], a little/a few
        niánshào, young/junior
        shàojiàng, [少將], major general/rear admiral/air vice marshal
        shǎobuliǎo, cannot do without/to be unavoidable/are bound to be many
        bìbùkěshǎo, absolutely necessary/indispensable/essential
        shǎoyǒu, rare/infrequent
        shǎoshùmínzú, [少數民族], national minority/ethnic group
        shàoniánfàn, young criminal/juvenile delinquent
        xīshǎo, sparse/rare
        
        Shàolín, the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
        shàoér, [少兒], child
        duōduōshǎoshǎo, to some extent/more or less
        nánnǚlǎoshào, men, women, young and old/all kinds of people/people of all ages
        zuìshǎo, at least/minimum/lowest (amount)/minimal
        shàofù, [少婦], young married woman
        
        
        xiōngduōjíshǎo, everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious/everything points ...
        lǎoshào, the old and the young
        ShàolínSì, Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shàonánshàonǚ, boys and girls/teenagers
        
        ShàoniánGōng, [少年宮], Children's Palace, institution where children can take part in various extracurr...
        
        shàozhuàngpài, [少壯派], young guard/young and vigorous group with new ideas/new wave
        
        rényānxīshǎo, [人煙稀少], no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
        quēyīshǎoshí, short of food and clothing/destitute
        sēngduōzhōushǎo, lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)/fig. not enough to go around/demand e...
        
        shǎolái, [少來], refrain (from doing sth)/(coll.) Come on!/Give me a break!/Save it!
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shàonǎinai, young lady of the house/wife of the young master
        
        
        duōyīshìbùrúshǎoyīshì, it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)/the less complications the bet...
        
        shàoniánlǎochéng, accomplished though young/lacking youthful vigor
        
        
        

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