Chinese word dictionary

宁缺勿滥

nìng quē wù làn · same as 寧缺毋濫|宁缺毋滥[ning4 que1 wu2 lan4]

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Word information

Simplified宁缺勿滥

Traditional寧缺勿濫

Pinyinnìng quē wù làn

Part of speechDictionary

HSK 3.0Not listed

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

宁níng

calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer

缺quē

to lack, to be short; vacancy, gap, deficit

勿wù

must not, do not; without, never

滥làn

to flood, to overflow; excessive

How to learn 宁缺勿滥

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

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deficiency; lack; scarce; vacant post; to run short of

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缺少quēshǎo

lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack

缺乏quēfá

to lack; to be short of

短缺duǎnquē

shortage

缺陷quēxiàn

defect; flaw