Eight-character idioms have their own strengths.

Short feet and long inches [chǐyǒu suǒu du m:n, cǖn yǐu suǒcháng]?

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Short: insufficient, long: more than enough. Metaphors have their own advantages and disadvantages, and each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

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Qu Yuan's Buju in the Chu Ci of the Warring States Period: "The feet are short, the inches are strong, and the materials are insufficient. If you don't know your wisdom, you can't catch it, and God is unreasonable. "