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quē
v./n. be short of, lack; be incomplete; be flawed; be absent; vacancy, vacant position
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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.
/ chà
[v/adj] to differ from, be insufficient, fall short of, lack; wrong; poor, inferior;
/ shǎo
[v/adj/adv] to lack; to owe; to lose; few, little; for a short while
/ duǎn
[v/n] to lack, to owe; shortcoming, weak point
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wán měi wú quē
phr. perfect, faultless
quē shǎo
v. lack, be short of, be deficient
quē diǎn
n. shortcoming, weak point
quē qián
v. lack money
quē shuǐ
v. be short of water
quē hàn
n. regret, something regrettable
quē qín
v. be absent from
nǎo quē xuè
n. (Med.) cerebral ischemia
quē jīn duán liǎng
idiom. to give short weight
bǔ quē
v. fill a job slot; bridge the gap
wán zhěng wú quē
phr. intact and complete
quē jīn sháo liǎng
idiom. to give short weight, to give short measure
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)
quē yī bù kě
idiom. not a single one can be omitted, none is dispensable