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


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