cháng chù
strength; forte; strong point
他最大的长处就是学习能力强。
tā zuì dà de cháng chù jiù shì xué xí néng lì qiáng.
His greatest strength is his strong learning ability.
每个人都有自己的长处和短处。
měi ge rén dōu yǒu zì jǐ de cháng chù hé duǎn chù.
Everyone has their own strengths and weaknesses.
我们要扬长避短，发挥自己的长处。
wǒ men yào yáng cháng bì duǎn, fā huì zì jǐ de cháng chù.
We should play to our strengths and avoid our weaknesses.
优点 (yōu diǎn)
advantage
长项 (cháng xiàng)
strong point
短处 (duǎnchù)
shortcoming
弱点 (ruòdiǎn)
weakness
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The Chinese word 长处 (chángchù) is composed of two characters: 长 (cháng) and 处 (chù). The character 长 originally meant "long" or "tall," but it has also come to mean "to grow" or "to develop." The character 处 originally meant "place" or "location," but it has also come to mean "to deal with" or "to handle." When these two characters are combined, they form the word 长处, which means "strength" or "advantage." This is because a person's strengths are the areas in which they are able to grow and develop, and they are the areas in which they are able to deal with and handle challenges.
