採さい長ちょう補ほ短たん

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

compensating for one's shortcomings by adopting others' strengths

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) used in formal or literary contexts to express the idea of learning from others to improve oneself.

• リーダーは採さい長ちょう補ほ短たんの精せい神しんでチームをまとめるべきだ。

  A leader should bring the team together with a spirit of adopting others' strengths to compensate for one's own weaknesses.

• 彼かれは常つねに採さい長ちょう補ほ短たんを心こころがけ、周しゅう囲いから多おおくを学まなんでいる。

  He always strives to compensate for his shortcomings by learning from others, and has gained much from those around him.