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everybody has his strengths and weaknesses; a foot may be too short in one case, while an inch may be long enough in another
中国有句古话,尺有所短,寸有所长。
According to an ancient Chinese saying, sometimes a foot may prove short while an inch may prove long.
尺有所短,寸有所长。物有所不足,智有所不明。
Everyone has his own advantages, sometimes an inch may prove long. Things are not enough, wisdom is unknown.
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