缺少
quē shǎo
Pinyin

Definition

缺少
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quē shǎo
  1. lack
  2. shortage of
  3. shortfall
  4. to be short (of)
  5. to lack

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

多少
duō shǎo
  1. 1 number
  2. 2 amount
  3. 3 somewhat
少
shǎo
  1. 1 few
  2. 2 less
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 to be missing
  5. 5 to stop (doing sth)
  6. 6 seldom
不少
bù shǎo
  1. 1 many
  2. 2 a lot
  3. 3 not few
少女
shào nu:3
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 young lady
少年
shào nián
  1. 1 early youth
  2. 2 youngster
  3. 3 (literary) youth
  4. 4 young man
少数
shǎo shù
  1. 1 small number
  2. 2 few
  3. 3 minority
少林寺
Shào lín Sì
  1. 1 Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
少爷
shào ye
  1. 1 son of the boss
  2. 2 young master of the house
  3. 3 your son (honorific)
少许
shǎo xǔ
  1. 1 a little
  2. 2 a few
少量
shǎo liàng
  1. 1 a smidgen
  2. 2 a little bit
  3. 3 a few
年少
nián shào
  1. 1 young
  2. 2 junior
减少
jiǎn shǎo
  1. 1 to lessen
  2. 2 to decrease
  3. 3 to reduce
  4. 4 to lower
缺
quē
  1. 1 deficiency
  2. 2 lack
  3. 3 scarce
  4. 4 vacant post
  5. 5 to run short of
缺乏
quē fá
  1. 1 to lack
  2. 2 to be short of
  3. 3 lack
  4. 4 shortage
缺失
quē shī
  1. 1 deficiency
  2. 2 shortcoming
  3. 3 hiatus
缺少
quē shǎo
  1. 1 lack
  2. 2 shortage of
  3. 3 shortfall
  4. 4 to be short (of)
  5. 5 to lack
缺席
quē xí
  1. 1 absence
  2. 2 absent
缺德
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
缺陷
quē xiàn
  1. 1 defect
  2. 2 flaw
  3. 3 physical defect
缺点
quē diǎn
  1. 1 weak point
  2. 2 fault
  3. 3 shortcoming
  4. 4 disadvantage
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (17)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
  1. 1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
僧多粥少
sēng duō zhōu shǎo
  1. 1 lit. many monks and not much gruel (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. not enough to go around
  3. 3 demand exceeds supply
俭则不缺
jiǎn zé bù quē
  1. 1 frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
凶多吉少
xiōng duō jí shǎo
  1. 1 everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); inauspicious
  2. 2 everything points to disaster
多一事不如少一事
duō yī shì bù rú shǎo yī shì
  1. 1 it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom)
  2. 2 the less complications the better
寡二少双
guǎ èr shǎo shuāng
  1. 1 peerless
  2. 2 second to none (idiom)
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
少女露笑脸，婚事半成全
shào nu:3 lù xiào liǎn , hūn shì bàn chéng quán
  1. 1 When the girl smiles, the matchmaker's job is half done. (idiom)
少成多
shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great (idiom); many a mickle makes a muckle
少见多怪
shǎo jiàn duō guài
  1. 1 lit. rarely seen, very strange (idiom); to express amazement due to lack of experience
  2. 2 naive expression of excitement due to ignorance
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)
洋场恶少
yáng chǎng è shào
  1. 1 city infested with foreign adventurers (esp. of Shanghai in pre-Liberation China) (idiom)
疏谋少略
shū móu shǎo lu:è
  1. 1 unable to plan
  2. 2 inept at strategy (idiom)
积少成多
jī shǎo chéng duō
  1. 1 Many little things add up to sth great.
  2. 2 Many little drops make an ocean. (idiom)
酒逢知己千杯少
jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎo
  1. 1 a thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)
  2. 2 when you're with close friends, you can let your hair down

Sample Sentences

然而，线上教学不能完全代替线下教育。不少师生反映，学生在家上课，缺乏学习氛围，容易出现注意力不集中、反应速度下降等问题，而缺少面对面的互动也是网课的一大弊端。
ránér ，xiànshàng jiàoxué bùnéng wánquán dàitì xiànxià jiàoyù 。bùshǎo shīshēng fǎnyìng ，xuésheng zài jiā shàngkè ，quēfá xuéxí fēnwéi ，róngyì chūxiàn zhùyìlì bù jízhōng 、fǎnyìng sùdù xiàjiàng děng wèntí ，ér quēshǎo miànduìmiàn de hùdòng yě shì wǎngkè de yīdà bìduān 。
However, online teaching cannot be substituted for offline education completely. Many teachers and students reported that there is a lack of learning atmosphere when studying at home. Students tend to be inattentive and respond slowly. The lack of interaction in person is another disadvantage of online courses.
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其实我还挺佩服她的。在那么大的舆论压力下，仍然能坚持自己的想法。走自己的路，让别人说去吧。我们有时候就是缺少这样一股韧劲，没有她那么洒脱。
qíshí wǒ hái tǐng pèifú tā de 。zài nà me dà de yúlùn yālì xià ，réngrán néng jiānchí zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ 。zǒu zìjǐ de lù ，ràng biérén shuō qu ba 。wǒ men yǒushíhou jiùshì quēshǎo zhè yàng yī gǔ rènjìn ，méiyǒu tā nàme sǎtuō 。
Actually I really admire her. Under so much pressure from public opinion, she kept true to herself. She did her own thing without worrying about what others said. Sometimes what we're lacking is just that kind of decisiveness. We're not as liberated as her.
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多了！比如，腾讯的支付产品一直比不上阿里巴巴。现在跟大众点评一起营销，你不就打算申请微信支付了？大众点评也不光是为了钱，O2O需要形成一个封闭的环，大众点评缺少支付环节。两家公司正好短板互补。
duō le ！bǐrú ，Téngxùn de zhīfù chǎnpǐn yīzhí bǐbushàng Ālǐbābā 。xiànzài gēn dàzhòngdiǎnpíng yīqǐ yíngxiāo ，nǐ bù jiù dǎsuàn shēnqǐng Wēixìnzhīfù le ？dàzhòngdiǎnpíng yě bù guāng shì wèile qián ，O 2 O xūyào xíngchéng yī gè fēngbì de huán ，dàzhòngdiǎnpíng quēshǎo zhīfù huánjié 。liǎng jiā gōngsī zhènghǎo duǎn bǎn hùbǔ 。
A lot! For example, Tencent's payment products haven't been able to compare to Alibaba's. Now that they are marketing themselves with Dianping, weren't you planning on getting WeChat Payment? Dianping isn't only in it for the money. O2Os need to form a closed environment and Dianping lacks a payment link. Both companies complement each other's shortcomings.
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你们这些缺少思想和灵魂的人类，连机器人都不如。麒麟国不需要你们肮脏的思想来污染我们！
nǐmen zhèxiē quēshǎo sīxiǎng hé línghún de rénlèi ，lián jīqìrén dōu bùrú 。qílínguó bù xūyào nǐmen āngzāng de sīxiǎng lái wūrǎn wǒmen ！
You humans lack thought and a soul. You're not even as good as robots! Kirinland doesn't need your filthy thinking to come here and pollute us!
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就是。垃圾不分类不说，还乱扔，也没人管。大家都缺少这种意识。
jiùshì 。lājī bù fēnlèi bù shuō ，hái luàn rēng ，yě méi rén guǎn 。dàjiā dōu quēshǎo zhèzhǒng yìshi 。
That's for sure. They don't even sort it by type, and then on top of that, they throw it around, and no one takes care of it. Everybody lacks this kind of awareness.
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