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China Daily | Updated: 2009-06-25 07:19
短板 (duanban)
Weakness
A person's weakness or disadvantage is sometimes referred to as duanban in Chinese. Being unable to speak Cantonese is a duanban for finding work in Canton. This expression is also used to describe the weakness or disadvantaged position of a firm in any competition.
(China Daily 06/25/2009 page8)
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