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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 取長補短 [ㄑㄩˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄉㄨㄢˇ; qu3 chang2 bu3 duan3]
 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
 to use this in place of that
 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts