1 short

2 brief

3 to lack

4 weak point

5 fault

1 text message

2 SMS

1 leg

2 classifier: 条 tiáo

1 one leg over the other (legs crossed)

1 thigh

1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)

2 fig. to ride on sb else's success

3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too

4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it

1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)

2 to use this in place of that

3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts

1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)

2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted

1 stray dog (idiom)

1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors