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缺
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Definitions
- 1. deficiency
- 2. lack
- 3. scarce
- 4. vacant post
- 5. to run short of
Example Sentences
1 shown我很 缺 錢。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 缺
vacancy
birth defect
waiting for a vacancy
shortage
vacancy
to be deficient in
very short of (food, clean water etc)
badly damaged
harelip
scarce
to be deficient in sth
to fill a vacancy
to be absent from work or school
same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[nìng quē wú làn]
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
lucrative post
spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)
in perfect condition
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
lack
vacancy
defective
perfect and without blemish
shortage of money
speech defect
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
speech defect
public nuisance
short of food and clothing
to overlook
anoxia
new moon
(of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply
whole
to lack food supplies
lightning (archaic word)
see 必不可少[bì bù kě shǎo]
absence
lack; deficiency
frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
see 拾遺補缺|拾遗补缺[shí yí bǔ quē]
to give short weight
default (setting)
surplus and shortfall
necessary
stupid
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
waxing and waning (of the moon)
lack of supplies
(of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing
to be lacking
brainless
in short supply
defect; flaw
to be lacking in moral sense
to lack
conservative
oil shortage
symmetry breaking (physics)
(job) opening
breaking
energy shortage
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
lightning and thunder
(of a position) to fall vacant
to lack; to be short of
not a single one is dispensable
weak point
tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
currently in short supply
lacking oxygen
white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
clinical deficiency
birth defect
a regret
to give short weight
to give short weight
indispensable
zero defect
electricity shortage
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
nick
misdeed
to fall vacant
water shortage