短衣帮
duǎn yī bāng
Pinyin

Definition

短衣帮
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duǎn yī bāng
  1. lit. short jacket party
  2. working people
  3. the toiling masses
  4. blue collar workers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

dà yī
  1. 1 overcoat
  2. 2 topcoat
  3. 3 cloak
  4. 4 CL:件[jiàn]
duǎn
  1. 1 short
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 weak point
  5. 5 fault
duǎn xìn
  1. 1 text message
  2. 2 SMS
yī fu
  1. 1 clothes
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn],套[tào]
shàng yī
  1. 1 jacket
  2. 2 upper outer garment
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
nèi yī
  1. 1 undergarment
  2. 2 underwear
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
wài yī
  1. 1 outer clothing
  2. 2 semblance
  3. 3 appearance
mián yī
  1. 1 cotton-padded clothes
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
xǐ yī
  1. 1 laundry
xǐ yī jī
  1. 1 washer
  2. 2 washing machine
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái]
shuì yī
  1. 1 night clothes
  2. 2 pajamas
duǎn zàn
  1. 1 of short duration
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 momentary
duǎn qī
  1. 1 short term
  2. 2 short-term
duǎn piàn
  1. 1 short film
  2. 2 video clip
duǎn xiàn
  1. 1 short term
duǎn xiù
  1. 1 short sleeves
  2. 2 short-sleeved shirt
duǎn kù
  1. 1 short pants
  2. 2 shorts
duǎn xuē
  1. 1 ankle boots
chuān yī
  1. 1 to wear clothes
  2. 2 clothing

Idioms (20)

取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃人家的嘴软,拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
天衣无缝
tiān yī wú fèng
  1. 1 lit. seamless heavenly clothes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. flawless
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
张家长,李家短
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. 1 to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. 2 to play to one's strengths
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
  1. 1 to gossip (idiom)
残年短景
cán nián duǎn jǐng
  1. 1 at the end of the year (idiom)
争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
  2. 2 a storm in a teacup
牛衣对泣
niú yī duì qì
  1. 1 couple living in destitute misery (idiom)
白衣苍狗
bái yī cāng gǒu
  1. 1 lit. (cloud shapes) changing from a white shirt to a gray dog (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
相体裁衣
xiàng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 lit. tailor the clothes to fit the body (idiom); fig. act according to real circumstances
看菜吃饭,量体裁衣
kān cài chī fàn , liáng tǐ cái yī
  1. 1 eat depending on the dish, cut cloth according to the body (idiom); to fit the appetite to the dishes and the dress to the figure
  2. 2 to act according to actual circumstances
  3. 3 to live within one's means
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
短兵相接
duǎn bīng xiāng jiē
  1. 1 lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
  2. 2 to fight at close quarters
短小精悍
duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
  1. 1 (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)
  2. 2 (of an article) concise and forceful
节衣缩食
jié yī suō shí
  1. 1 to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally
缩衣节食
suō yī jié shí
  1. 1 to economize on clothes and food
  2. 2 to scrimp and save (idiom)

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