"不足" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù zú insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not
Results beginning with 不足
 bù zú dào inconsiderable / of no consequence / not worth mentioning
 bù zú yuè premature (birth, child)
 bù zú wéi qí not at all surprising (idiom)
齿 bù zú guà chǐ not worth mentioning (idiom)
齿 bù zú chǐ shù not worth mentioning / not worth considering
 bù zú wéi xùn not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative
  shortfall
 bù zú wéi dào to be not worth mentioning
 bù zú wéi guài not at all surprising (idiom)
 bù zú wéi lu:4 to give no cause for anxiety / nothing to worry about
 bù zú de dì fang defect / disadvantage / drawback / unsatisfactory point
 bù zú wéi wài rén dào no use to tell others / let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
Approximate Results for 不足
 wēi bù zú dào negligible / insignificant
 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment
 shuì mián bù zú lack of sleep / sleep deficit
 xiān tiān bù zú congenital deficiency / inherent weakness
 tān xīn bù zú avaricious and insatiable (idiom) / greedy and never satisfied
  caloric deficiency
  underweight (adj)
 bēi bù zú dào not worth mentioning
 dài cháng bù zú decompensation
 pín bù zú chǐ it is no disgrace to be poor (idiom)
 yíng yǎng bù zú undernutrition
 bēi bēi bù zú dào to be too petty or insignificant to mention / to not be worth mentioning (idiom)
 xué rán hòu zhī bù zú to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])
  under-served area
  low birth weight
  understocked
 rén yuán pèi zhì bù zú understaffing
 xīn yǒu yú ér lì bù zú the will is there, but not the strength (idiom) / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
 rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom)
  paucity of natural reserves
 xīn yǒu yú , lì bù zú The will is there, but not the strength (idiom, from Confucian Analects). / I really want to do it, but don't have the resources. / The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
 bǐ shàng bù zú bǐ xià yǒu yú to fall short of the best but be better than the worst / can pass muster
 zhù yì lì bù zú guò dòng zhèng attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
  underrepresented country
 chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar
 xiān tiān bù zú , hòu tiān shī tiáo to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time
  underutilized major donor country
使  Information Overload / Information Underuse
 chū kǒu shōu rù bù zú bǔ cháng xìng róng zī bàn fǎ compensatory financing system for export earnings shortfalls
 měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang However excellent, everyone has his defects. / There is always a fly in the ointment. / cf idiom 美中不足[mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2], everything is fine except for one small defect
 chū kǒu shōu rù bù zú bǔ cháng xìng róng zī bàn fǎ zhuān jiā zǔ Expert Group on the Compensatory Financing of Export Earnings Shortfalls
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