1 short

2 brief

3 to lack

4 weak point

5 fault

1 text message

2 SMS

1 abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hēi lóng jiāng]

1 dark

2 darkly

3 darkness

1 black

1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)

2 fig. to stick to one's ways

3 to cling to one's course

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 all crows are black (idiom)

2 evil people are bad all over the world

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