欠缺
qiàn quē
Pinyin

Definition

欠缺
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qiàn quē
  1. to be deficient in
  2. lapse
  3. deficiency

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qiàn
  1. 1 deficient
  2. 2 to owe
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 yawn
quē
  1. 1 deficiency
  2. 2 lack
  3. 3 scarce
  4. 4 vacant post
  5. 5 to run short of
quē fá
  1. 1 to lack
  2. 2 to be short of
  3. 3 lack
  4. 4 shortage
quē shǎo
  1. 1 lack
  2. 2 shortage of
  3. 3 shortfall
  4. 4 to be short (of)
  5. 5 to lack
quē diǎn
  1. 1 weak point
  2. 2 fault
  3. 3 shortcoming
  4. 4 disadvantage
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
bù kě huò quē
  1. 1 necessary
  2. 2 must have
hā qian
  1. 1 yawn
tuō qiàn
  1. 1 in arrears
  2. 2 behind in payments
  3. 3 to default on one's debts
qiàn jiā
  1. 1 suboptimal
  2. 2 subpar
  3. 3 not good enough
qiàn zòu
  1. 1 to need a spanking
qiàn quē
  1. 1 to be deficient in
  2. 2 lapse
  3. 3 deficiency
qiàn fèi
  1. 1 to be in arrears
  2. 2 to be out of credit
  3. 3 amount owing
cán quē
  1. 1 badly damaged
  2. 2 shattered
xī quē
  1. 1 scarce
  2. 2 scarcity
quē kǒu
  1. 1 nick
  2. 2 jag
  3. 3 gap
  4. 4 shortfall
quē shī
  1. 1 deficiency
  2. 2 shortcoming
  3. 3 hiatus
quē xí
  1. 1 absence
  2. 2 absent
quē dé
  1. 1 to be lacking in moral sense
  2. 2 to lack common basic respect for others
  3. 3 lacking in virtue
  4. 4 mischievous
  5. 5 wicked
  6. 6 cruel
  7. 7 mean
quē hàn
  1. 1 a regret
  2. 2 sth regrettable
quē yǎng
  1. 1 lacking oxygen
  2. 2 anaerobic

Idioms (7)

俭则不缺
jiǎn zé bù quē
  1. 1 frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
宁缺毋滥
nìng quē wú làn
  1. 1 better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
抱残守缺
bào cán shǒu quē
  1. 1 to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative
  2. 2 stickler for tradition
拾遗补缺
shí yí bǔ quē
  1. 1 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
万事俱备,只欠东风
wàn shì jù bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 lit. everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. lacking only one tiny crucial item
万事皆备,只欠东风
wàn shì jiē bèi , zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
  1. 1 everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom)
  2. 2 lacking only one tiny crucial item
  3. 3 also written 萬事俱備,只欠東風|万事俱备,只欠东风

Sample Sentences

只要他发挥正常,绝对有可能拿金牌。听说他最近一年都在国外训练,成绩提高了很多。唯一欠缺的是大赛经验不足,不过初生牛犊不怕虎,反而可能变成他的优势。
zhǐyào tā fāhuī zhèngcháng ,juéduì yǒu kěnéng ná jīnpái 。tīngshuō tā zuìjìn yī nián dōu zài guówài xùnliàn ,chéngjì tígāo le hěn duō 。wéiyī qiànquē de shì dàsài jīngyàn bùzú ,bùguò chūshēngniúdúbùpàhǔ ,fǎnér kěnéng biànchéng tā de yōushì 。
As long as he performs normally he definitely has a chance at taking the gold. I've heard that he's been training abroad for the past year and that his results have improved a lot. His only weakness is that he doesn't have much experience in big competitions. However, newborn calves don't fear tigers; he could use this fearlessness to his advantage.
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