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deficiency / lack / scarce / vacant post / to run short of
HSK 3
defect; flaw
HSK 6
to lack; to be short of
HSK 5
lack / shortage of / shortfall / to be short (of) / to lack
HSK 3
shortage
HSK 7-9
weak point / fault / shortcoming / disadvantage / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
(job) opening
indispensable
perfect and without blemish / flawless / to leave nothing to be desired
to cherish the outmoded and preserve the outworn (idiom); conservative / stickler for tradition
nick / jag / gap / shortfall
HSK 7-9
public nuisance / a wicked, mean spirited individual
badly damaged / shattered
HSK 7-9
advantages and disadvantages; pros and cons; merits and shortcomings
to give short weight
lack; deficiency / shortcoming; flaw; defect / to be deficient; to lack
HSK 7-9
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
clinical deficiency
birth defect
in short supply / scarce
HSK 7-9
to be absent
HSK 7-9
in perfect condition / without any defect
to have a power shortage
lacking oxygen / anaerobic
birth defect
to be lacking / to fall short of / to wane / deficit / deficient
not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either
symmetry breaking (physics)
mean; nasty; reprehensible; unprincipled
necessary / must have
(sports) to miss a game (due to injury, suspension etc); to sit out a match
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
currently in short supply / in deficit (of commodity) / currently vacant (position)
to be deficient in sth / to be short of sth (supplies, money etc)
better to have nothing (than substandard choice) (idiom); would prefer to go without than accept shoddy option
vacancy
default (setting)
lack of supplies / unavailable goods
to fall vacant / a job opening at a high level
speech defect
oil shortage
lightning (archaic word)
short of food and clothing / destitute
lucrative post
to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
to give short weight
to give short weight
new moon
scarce / scarcity
to lack / to do without
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
a regret / sth regrettable
(of an organ) to have insufficient blood supply / (of a blood bank) to run low on blood supplies
very short of (food, clean water etc) / extreme shortage / deficit
harelip
misdeed / immoral action / wicked deed / a deliberate wrongdoing
waiting for a vacancy
water shortage / dehydration
to fill a vacancy / to make up for a shortage / to supply a deficiency
zero defect / faultless / impeccable
lightning and thunder
spontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)
to be deficient in / lapse / deficiency
HSK 7-9
breaking
anoxia
to lack food supplies
waxing and waning (of the moon)
stupid / senseless / dim-witted
white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph
to be absent from work or school
brainless / stupid
shortage of money
(of a square shape, such as a house plan) to have a corner missing / (fig.) to lack something / missing piece
conservative / to preserve the outmoded
to overlook / omissions / deficiencies
vacancy
vacancy
surplus and shortfall
tragic flaw (Aristotle's hamartia)
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
whole
defective / defect
(of a position) to fall vacant / vacant post; a vacancy / (of regulation, service etc) unsatisfactory; dysfunctional
erhua variant of 缺心眼


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