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缺
缺
quē
v./n. be short of, lack; be incomplete; be flawed; be absent; vacancy, vacant position
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
缶 jar
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
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Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
SYNONYMS
差 / 差chà [v/adj] to differ from, be insufficient, fall short of, lack; wrong; poor, inferior;
少 / 少shǎo [v/adj/adv] to lack; to owe; to lose; few, little; for a short while
短 / 短duǎn [v/n] to lack, to owe; shortcoming, weak point
EXAMPLES
完美无缺
完美無缺
wán měi wú quē
phr. perfect, faultless
缺少
缺少
quē shǎo
v. lack, be short of, be deficient
缺点
缺點
quē diǎn
n. shortcoming, weak point
缺钱
缺錢
quē qián
v. lack money
缺水
缺水
quē shuǐ
v. be short of water
缺憾
缺憾
quē hàn
n. regret, something regrettable
缺勤
缺勤
quē qín
v. be absent from
脑缺血
腦缺血
nǎo quē xuè
n. (Med.) cerebral ischemia
缺斤短两
缺斤短兩
quē jīn duán liǎng
idiom. to give short weight
补缺
補缺
bǔ quē
v. fill a job slot; bridge the gap
完整无缺
完整無缺
wán zhěng wú quē
phr. intact and complete
缺斤少两
缺斤少兩
quē jīn sháo liǎng
idiom. to give short weight, to give short measure
宁缺勿滥
寧缺勿濫
nìng quē wù làn
idiom. would rather go without than make do with sth shoddy or substandard, better to accept too few than to make up a number by lowering the standard (same as 宁缺毋滥)
缺一不可
缺一不可
quē yī bù kě
idiom. not a single one can be omitted, none is dispensable