奇缺
qí quē
Pinyin

Definition

奇缺
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qí quē
  1. very short of (food, clean water etc)
  2. extreme shortage
  3. deficit

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chuán qí
  1. 1 legendary
  2. 2 fantasy saga
  3. 3 romance
  4. 4 short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty
qí guài
  1. 1 strange
  2. 2 odd
  3. 3 to marvel
  4. 4 to be baffled
qí jì
  1. 1 miracle
  2. 2 miraculous
  3. 3 wonder
  4. 4 marvel
hào qí
  1. 1 inquisitive
  2. 2 curious
  3. 3 inquisitiveness
  4. 4 curiosity
shén qí
  1. 1 magical
  2. 2 mystical
  3. 3 miraculous
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
chū qí
  1. 1 extraordinary
  2. 2 exceptional
  3. 3 unusual
kǎ bù qí nuò
  1. 1 cappuccino (loanword)
hā shì qí
  1. 1 husky (sled dog)
  1. 1 odd (number)
qí bīng
  1. 1 troops appearing suddenly (in a raid or ambush)
qí miào
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 wonderful
qí huàn
  1. 1 fantasy (fiction)
qí cái
  1. 1 genius
qí tè
  1. 1 peculiar
  2. 2 unusual
  3. 3 queer
qí yì
  1. 1 fantastic
  2. 2 bizarre
  3. 3 odd
  4. 4 exotic
  5. 5 astonished

Idioms (20)

不足为奇
bù zú wéi qí
  1. 1 not at all surprising (idiom)
俭则不缺
jiǎn zé bù quē
  1. 1 frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
化腐朽为神奇
huà fǔ xiǔ wéi shén qí
  1. 1 lit. to change something rotten into something magical (idiom)
千奇百怪
qiān qí bǎi guài
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom)
啧啧称奇
zé zé chēng qí
  1. 1 to click one's tongue in wonder (idiom)
  2. 2 to be astonished
奇形怪状
qí xíng guài zhuàng
  1. 1 fantastic oddities of every description (idiom); grotesquely shaped
奇耻大辱
qí chǐ dà rǔ
  1. 1 extraordinary shame and humiliation (idiom)
奇文共赏
qí wén gòng shǎng
  1. 1 lit. remarkable work appreciated by all (idiom); universally praised (original meaning)
  2. 2 incomprehensible nonsense
  3. 3 preposterous bullshit
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)
奇花异草
qí huā yì cǎo
  1. 1 very rarely seen, unusual (idiom)
奇葩异卉
qí pā yì huì
  1. 1 rare and exotic flora (idiom)
奇谈怪论
qí tán guài lùn
  1. 1 strange tales and absurd arguments (idiom)
  2. 2 unreasonable remarks
好奇尚异
hào qí shàng yì
  1. 1 to have a taste for the exotic (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
平淡无奇
píng dàn wú qí
  1. 1 ordinary and mediocre (idiom); nothing to write home about
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
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
拾遗补缺
shí yí bǔ quē
  1. 1 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
突发奇想
tū fā qí xiǎng
  1. 1 suddenly have a thought (idiom)
  2. 2 suddenly be inspired to do something

Sample Sentences

没错。现在物流人才奇缺,所以只要你自己是真的对这一行感兴趣,像我们这种半路出家的人,也能够有不错的工作前景。
méicuò 。xiànzài wùliú réncái qíquē ,suǒyǐ zhǐyào nǐ zìjǐ shì zhēnde duì zhè yìháng gǎnxìngqù ,xiàng wǒmen zhèzhǒng bànlùchūjiā de rén ,yě nénggòu yǒu bùcuò de gōngzuò qiánjǐng 。
That's right. There's a severe shortage of people in logistics. So, as long as you're interested in the field, you have a great future ahead of you, even if you changed your career path halfway through, like me.