short; brief

shortcomings; faults; mistakes

be deficient; want; lack; owe; lacking

(adjective) deficient

brief introduction

shorten; curtail; reduce; cut down

(verb) Shorten

short-term

concise and forceful

small but robust

lack; be short of; deficient

floating debt

brief; short time; short duration

deficient; short of; fall short

life is short and full of suffering

short hair

nearsightedness; myopia [Syn.] 近視

to lack foresight; to be shortsighted

instant message

a skort; a skirt that is actually a pair of shorts underneath (skirt + shorts = skort). It is a pair of shorts with a flap in front that makes it look like a skirt.

short time; fleeting; brief

close range combat with swords, daggers, bayonets and knives etc; fighting hand to hand

a piccolo

shortwave (radio)

text message; SMS

集思廣益; 三個臭皮匠,勝過一個諸葛亮

two heads are better than one; a problem shared is a problem halved

text message ― usu., but not exclusively, sent between mobile phones. The service is called SMS (Short Message Service) 短訊服務; text messaging; texting; to text; to send a text message

short distance

a short film

to send a (mobile phone) SMS text message; (UK) to text; to be texting; (MY/SG) to SMS | Cantonese speakers are more likely to use the English word 'send' than to use '發送' | SMS is 'Short Message Service'

short duration; brief; fleeting; transient; ephemeral

(adjective) Transient