Chinese Vocabulary
短板
weak spot; shortcoming
duǎnbǎn
Usage
Lit. 'short plank' — from the saying that a barrel can hold only as much water as its shortest plank. Used in business for a company's weak area.
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短板 appears in 1 podcast episode at natural native speed, with full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.