揚長避短 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 扬长避短 yángchángbìduǎn ㄧㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄉㄨㄢˇ to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) to play to one's strengths Character by character 揚(yáng)surname Yang 長(cháng)long 避(bì)avoid 短(duǎn)short A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0