"Lack" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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缺乏 quē fá to lack / to be short of / lack / shortage
缺少 quē shǎo lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack
贫乏 pín fá impoverished / lacking / deficient / limited / meager / impoverishment / lack / deficiency
无 wú not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less
少 shǎo few / less / to lack / to be missing / to stop (doing sth) / seldom
差 chà different / wrong / mistaken / to fall short / to lack / not up to standard / inferior / Taiwan pr. [cha1]
短 duǎn short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault
欠 qiàn deficient / to owe / to lack / yawn
缺 quē deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of
匮 kuì to lack / lacking / empty / exhausted
短欠 duǎn qiàn to fall short in one's payments / to lack / to be short of
叕 zhuó to join together / to lack / narrow and shallow
或缺 huò quē to lack / to do without
毫无 háo wú not in the least / to completely lack
冷漠 lěng mò cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect
有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of / there's no lack of
不乏 bù fá there is no lack of
缺货 quē huò lack of supplies / unavailable goods
不差 bù chā to not lack
失调 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc)
违纪 wéi jì lack of discipline / to break a rule / to violate discipline / to breach a principle
失真 shī zhēn to lack fidelity / (signal) distortion
无序 wú xù disorderly / irregular / lack of order
眩晕 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
眩晕 xuàn yùn vertigo / dizziness / fainting / feeling of swaying, head spinning, lack of balance or floating (e.g. from a stroke) / Taiwan pr. [xuan4 yun1]
隔膜 gé mó diaphragm (anatomy) / distant (socially aloof) / divided by lack of mutual comprehension / nonexpert
缺德 quē dé to be lacking in moral sense / to lack common basic respect for others / lacking in virtue / mischievous / wicked / cruel / mean
睡眠不足 shuì mián bù zú lack of sleep / sleep deficit
四分五裂 sì fēn wǔ liè all split up and in pieces (idiom) / disunity (in an organization) / complete lack of unity / to disintegrate / falling apart / to be at sixes and sevens
功亏一篑 gōng kuī yī kuì lit. to ruin the enterprise for the sake of one basketful / to fail through lack of a final effort / to spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar (idiom)
无着 wū zhuó (of income etc) to be unassured / to lack a reliable source
脱销 tuō xiāo to sell out / to run out (of supplies) / deficient / lack of supplies
酣畅 hān chàng unrestrained / cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping / to drink with abandon
酣暢 hān chàng unrestrained / cheerful lack of inhibition, esp. for drinking or sleeping / to drink with abandon
缺粮 quē liáng to lack food supplies
干眼症 gān yǎn zhèng dry eye / xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
有始无终 yǒu shǐ wú zhōng to start but not finish (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
窝工 wō gōng (of workers) to have no work to do / to be underutilized (due to lack of supplies, poor organization by management etc)
呗 bei modal particle indicating lack of enthusiasm / modal particle indicating that things should only or can only be done a certain way
一曝十寒 yī pù shí hán one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius) / fig. to work for a bit then skimp / sporadic effort / lack of sticking power / short attention span
少见多怪 shǎo jiàn duō guài lit. a person who has seen little of the world will be be astonished by certain things (idiom) / fig. to be taken aback by sth because of one's lack of sophistication / naive / unworldy
有头无尾 yǒu tóu wú wěi to start but not finish (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
为德不卒 wéi dé bù zú to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
为德不终 wéi dé bù zhōng to start on virtue but give up (idiom) / to fail to carry things through / lack of sticking power / short attention span
目不见睫 mù bù jiàn jié lit. the eye cannot see the eyelashes (idiom) / fig. unable to see one's own faults / to lack self-awareness / truths too close to home
空腹高心 kōng fù gāo xīn ambitious despite a lack of talent (idiom)
无后 wú hòu to lack male offspring
俭薄 jiǎn bó to lack the necessities of life
冷漠对待 lěng mò duì dài cold and detached towards sb / lack of regard / indifference / neglect
将勤补绌 jiāng qín bǔ chù to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
抛荒 pāo huāng to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice
无恒 wú héng to lack patience
发绀 fā gàn cyanosis (blue skin due to lack of oxygen in blood)
欲振乏力 yù zhèn fá lì to try to rouse oneself but lack the strength (idiom)
过劳肥 guò láo féi overweight from overwork (the supposition that white collar workers become fat as a consequence of factors associated with being under pressure at work, including irregular diet, lack of exercise and inadequate rest)
缺角 quē jiǎo (of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece
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