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Chinese
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long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
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lack; short
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trad. (長短)
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長
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短
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simp. (长短)
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长
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短
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Pronunciation
Noun
長短
- length (measurement)
- size; dimensions (of an object)
- accident; mishap
- right and wrong; good and bad points
- (archaic) method of promoting political ideas used by the School of Diplomacy during the Warring States period
Synonyms
- (length): 長度/长度 (chángdù)
- (size): 尺碼/尺码 (chǐmǎ), 尺寸 (chǐcùn), 大小 (dàxiǎo)
- (accident):
- 善惡/善恶 (shàn'è)
- 好壞/好坏 (hǎohuài)
- 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
- 好䆀 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 好賴/好赖 (hǎolài)
- 是非 (shìfēi)
- 臧否 (zāngpǐ) (literary)
- 黑白 (hēibái) (figurative)
- (method of promoting political ideas): 短長/短长
Derived terms
Adverb
長短
- (literary or Teochew) in any case; at any rate; whatever happens; no matter what
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
反正 (“anyway”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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長短
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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反正, 不管怎樣, 無論如何
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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反正, 橫豎, 橫直
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Taiwan
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反正, 橫豎
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Jinan
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反正, 橫豎
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Xi'an
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反正
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Wuhan
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橫直
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Chengdu
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橫順, 橫豎, 左橫, 紅黑, 高矮, 生死
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Guiyang
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千急
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Yangzhou
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反正
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Hefei
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反正, 橫豎
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Singapore
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反正
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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橫掂
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Hong Kong
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橫掂, 反正
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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橫掂
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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橫掂
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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橫掂
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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橫掂
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Macau
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橫掂
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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橫掂
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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橫掂
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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橫掂
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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反正
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Foshan
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橫掂
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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橫掂
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Foshan (Shunde)
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橫掂
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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橫掂
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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左右
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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橫掂
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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橫掂
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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橫掂
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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橫掂
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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橫掂
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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橫掂
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Taishan
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橫掂
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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橫掂
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Enping (Niujiang)
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橫掂
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Heshan (Yayao)
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橫掂
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Dongguan
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橫掂
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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反正
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Yangjiang
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橫掂
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Nanning
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橫直
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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橫掂
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Gan
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Nanchang
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橫直
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Hakka
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Meixian
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贏輸, 橫直, 橫正, 反正
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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橫掂
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Huiyang
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橫掂
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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橫掂
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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反正
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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反正
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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反正
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Liannan
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反正
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Conghua (Lütian)
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橫掂, 反正
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Jiexi
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反正
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Changting
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橫直
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Ninghua
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反正
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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反正
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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反正
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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反正
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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反正
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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反正
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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橫直
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Hong Kong
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橫掂
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Luchuan
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反正
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Senai (Huiyang)
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反正
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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反正, 橫豎
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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橫直
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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橫直, 好呆
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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橫直
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Quanzhou
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橫直
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Yongchun
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橫直
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Zhangzhou
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橫直, 生成
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Dongshan
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橫直
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Tainan
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橫直
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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反正
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Shantou
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長短, 反正, 橫直
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Shantou (Chaoyang)
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正倒
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Jieyang
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長短, 正倒
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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反正
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Leizhou
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橫直
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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橫直
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Putian (Donghai)
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橫直
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Xianyou
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反正, 橫直
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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橫掂
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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橫直
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Wu
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Shanghai
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橫豎, 反正
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Suzhou
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橫豎, 橫道
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Wenzhou
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橫直, 到老
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Xiang
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Changsha
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橫直, 橫去
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Shuangfeng
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橫直, 紅黑
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Japanese
Noun
長短 • (chōtan)
- long and short
- length
- good and bad points
Synonyms
Derived terms