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


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