宁缺勿滥
nìng quē wù làn
Pinyin

Definition

宁缺勿滥
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nìng quē wù làn
  1. same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[nìng quē wú làn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

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
缺少
quē shǎo
  1. 1 lack
  2. 2 shortage of
  3. 3 shortfall
  4. 4 to be short (of)
  5. 5 to lack
缺点
quē diǎn
  1. 1 weak point
  2. 2 fault
  3. 3 shortcoming
  4. 4 disadvantage
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
不可或缺
bù kě huò quē
  1. 1 necessary
  2. 2 must have
切勿
qiè wù
  1. 1 by no means
勿
wù
  1. 1 do not
欠缺
qiàn quē
  1. 1 to be deficient in
  2. 2 lapse
  3. 3 deficiency
残缺
cán quē
  1. 1 badly damaged
  2. 2 shattered
稀缺
xī quē
  1. 1 scarce
  2. 2 scarcity
缺口
quē kǒu
  1. 1 nick
  2. 2 jag
  3. 3 gap
  4. 4 shortfall
缺失
quē shī
  1. 1 deficiency
  2. 2 shortcoming
  3. 3 hiatus
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
缺憾
quē hàn
  1. 1 a regret
  2. 2 sth regrettable
缺氧
quē yǎng
  1. 1 lacking oxygen
  2. 2 anaerobic
缺陷
quē xiàn
  1. 1 defect
  2. 2 flaw
  3. 3 physical defect
非诚勿扰
fēi chéng wù rǎo
  1. 1 serious inquiries only
出缺
chū quē
  1. 1 to fall vacant
  2. 2 a job opening at a high level
奇缺
qí quē
  1. 1 very short of (food, clean water etc)
  2. 2 extreme shortage
  3. 3 deficit

Idioms (8)

俭则不缺
jiǎn zé bù quē
  1. 1 frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
勿谓言之不预
wù wèi yán zhī bù yù
  1. 1 (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international diplomacy)
姑置勿论
gū zhì wù lùn
  1. 1 to put something aside for the time being (idiom)
宁左勿右
nìng zuǒ wù yòu
  1. 1 (of one's political views) to prefer left rather than right (idiom during the Cultural Revolution)
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
己所不欲，勿施于人
jǐ suǒ bù yù , wù shī yú rén
  1. 1 What you don't want done to you, don't do to others. (idiom, from the Confucian analects)
  2. 2 Do as you would be done by.
  3. 3 Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.
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)

Sample Sentences

市场部是公司最重要的部门，经理人选宁缺勿滥。可是一直没个带头人也不是办法。
shìchǎng bù shì gōngsī zuì zhòngyào de bùmén ，jīnglǐ rénxuǎn nìngquēwùlàn 。kěshì yīzhí méi ge dàitóurén yě bù shì bànfǎ 。
The marketing department is the company's most important department; it would be better to not have a manager at all than to have a poor one. But simply not having a leader also isn't a solution.
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不对，谈恋爱是件大事，一定要坚持自己的标准，不能轻易妥协。宁缺勿滥。
bù duì ，tán liànài shì jiàn dà shì ，yīdìng yào jiānchí zìjǐ de biāozhǔn ，bùnéng qīngyì tuǒxié 。nìngquēwùlàn 。
Wrong! Falling in love is a big deal. You definitely need to stick to your own standards. You can't casually compromise. I'd rather go without than have a bad one.
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