短缺
duǎn quē
Pinyin

Definition

短缺
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duǎn quē
  1. shortage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

短
duǎn
  1. 1 short
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 weak point
  5. 5 fault
短信
duǎn xìn
  1. 1 text message
  2. 2 SMS
缺
quē
  1. 1 deficiency
  2. 2 lack
  3. 3 scarce
  4. 4 vacant post
  5. 5 to run short of
不可或缺
bù kě huò quē
  1. 1 necessary
  2. 2 must have
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
短暂
duǎn zàn
  1. 1 of short duration
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 momentary
短期
duǎn qī
  1. 1 short term
  2. 2 short-term
短片
duǎn piàn
  1. 1 short film
  2. 2 video clip
短线
duǎn xiàn
  1. 1 short term
短袖
duǎn xiù
  1. 1 short sleeves
  2. 2 short-sleeved shirt
短裤
duǎn kù
  1. 1 short pants
  2. 2 shorts
短路
duǎn lù
  1. 1 short circuit
短靴
duǎn xuē
  1. 1 ankle boots
简短
jiǎn duǎn
  1. 1 brief (statement, summary etc)
  2. 2 briefly
  3. 3 brevity
缩短
suō duǎn
  1. 1 to curtail
  2. 2 to cut down
缺乏
quē fá
  1. 1 to lack
  2. 2 to be short of
  3. 3 lack
  4. 4 shortage
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
缺少
quē shǎo
  1. 1 lack
  2. 2 shortage of
  3. 3 shortfall
  4. 4 to be short (of)
  5. 5 to lack

Idioms (20)

俭则不缺
jiǎn zé bù quē
  1. 1 frugality prevents destitution (idiom)
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
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
张家长，李家短
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
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)
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. 1 to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. 2 to play to one's strengths
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
  1. 1 to gossip (idiom)
残年短景
cán nián duǎn jǐng
  1. 1 at the end of the year (idiom)
争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
  2. 2 a storm in a teacup
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
短兵相接
duǎn bīng xiāng jiē
  1. 1 lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
  2. 2 to fight at close quarters
短小精悍
duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
  1. 1 (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)
  2. 2 (of an article) concise and forceful
说长道短
shuō cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
论长道短
lùn cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
长吁短叹
cháng xū duǎn tàn
  1. 1 long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
长话短说
cháng huà duǎn shuō
  1. 1 to make a long story short (idiom)

Sample Sentences

就是，中国九亿多农民，国家补贴得过来吗？好多农民种地、养猪都亏钱。所以他们不务农，搞得猪肉短缺，一个劲涨价。
，Zhōngguó jiǔyì duō nóngmín ，guójiā bǔtiē de guòlai ma ？hǎoduō nóngmín zhòngdì 、yǎng zhū dōu kuīqián 。suǒyǐ tāmen bù wùnóng ，gǎo de zhūròu duǎnquē ，yī ge jìn zhǎngjià 。
Yeah-- China has nine hundred million peasants. Can the country subsidize them all? A lot of farmers grow crops and raise pigs, and they still lose money. So, they don't do farm work, and there's a shortage of pork. The price keeps going up.
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核电也有核电的好处，传统能源都短缺了，而且严重污染环境，相比来说，核能是一种清洁能源。其实核电站的安全性很高的。福岛核电站1971年就建成了，估计当初设计的时候，根本没想到会发生9级地震并引发海啸。
hédiàn yě yǒu hédiàn de hǎochu ，chuántǒng néngyuán dōu duǎnquē le ，érqiě yánzhòng wūrǎn huánjìng ，xiāngbǐ láishuō ，hénéng shì yīzhǒng qīngjié néngyuán 。qíshí hédiànzhàn de ānquánxìng hěn gāo de 。Fúdǎo hédiànzhàn yījiǔqīyī nián jiù jiànchéng le ，gūjì dāngchū shèjì de shíhou ，gēnběn méixiǎngdào huì fāshēng jiǔ jí dìzhèn bìng yǐnfā hǎixiào 。
Nuclear power has its advantages. Traditional resources are in short supply and they create serious environmental pollution. Nuclear power, on the other hand, is a clean source of energy. Actually, nuclear power plants are very safe. The Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant was built in 1971. When it was originally designed, I imagine they had no idea there would be a level 9 earthquake that would lead to a tsunami.
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I'm still not optimistic about the prospects for environmental protection. Just doing a few little things is not nearly enough. Everywhere you look are erosion, water shortages, and air pollution. If we don't start paying more attention, after a few more years, people will need masks and oxygen bottles to survive. What a huge tragedy.
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Environmental pollution is definitely a serious problem these days. But the government has consistently done more to strengthen its protection of the environment. Recently, a lot of chemical companies were closed to reduce the release of pollution. The country has also put a lot of financial resources into developing water purification and recycling systems to solve the problems of water pollution and shortages. And then there's all kinds of ``greening," and measures to protect the ecological environment are getting started. That goes to show that everyone takes environmental protection more seriously all the time. I think that as common citizens, I think we just need to take care of our own business. You can count that as making a contribution to environmental protection.
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