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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
lack; deficiency / shortcoming; flaw; defect / to be deficient; to lack
HSK 7-9
anoxia
default (setting)
lack of supplies / unavailable goods
defective / defect
vacancy
water shortage / dehydration
shortage of money
a regret / sth regrettable
to overlook / omissions / deficiencies
to give short weight
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
to be absent from work or school
harelip
erhua variant of 缺心眼
stupid / senseless / dim-witted
short of food and clothing / destitute
brainless / stupid
(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
clinical deficiency
not a single one is dispensable / can't do without either


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