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


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